HITT v. CARDILLO

No. 8043.

131 F.2d 233 (1942)

HITT et al. v. CARDILLO, Deputy Commissioner (HERLINGER, Intervenor).

United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

Decided October 26, 1942.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Warren E. Magee, with whom Messrs. Chas. S. Baker and Benj. L. Tepper, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellants.

Messrs. Ward E. Boote, Chief Counsel, United States Employees' Compensation Commission, and Henry H. Glassie, Jr., with whom Messrs, Edward M. Curran, United States Attorney, Bernard J. Long, Assistant United States Attorney, Christopher B. Garnett and Herbert P. Miller, Associate Counsel, United States Employees' Compensation Commission, all of Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellees.

Before GRONER, Chief Justice, and MILLER, and VINSON, Justices.


GRONER, C. J.

This is an appeal under the Longshoremen's Act.1 Appellants sought an injunction in the District Court to set aside an order issued by the Deputy Commissioner, awarding compensation to Wanda Herlinger, widow of Harrison Herlinger, a former employee of appellant Henry Hitt. The court dismissed the complaint. The facts are these:

The deceased, Harrison Herlinger, was injured...

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