COMPANIA CONSTRUCTORA BECHTEL-McCONE v. McDONALD

No. 11222.

157 F.2d 749 (1946)

COMPANIA CONSTRUCTORA BECHTEL-McCONE, S.A. v. McDONALD.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 9, 1946.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

O'Melveny & Myers and Jackson W. Chance, both of Los Angeles, Cal. (Leo A. Deegan, of Los Angeles, Cal., of counsel), for appellant.

Russell H. Pray and E. W. Sheridan, both of Long Beach, Cal., for appellee.

Before DENMAN, BONE, and ORR, Circuit Judges.


ORR, Circuit Judge.

In May 1944 appellant, a corporation citizen of the Republic of Venezuela, to whom we shall hereafter refer as the Company, was building a refinery on Bahrein Island in the Persian Gulf. Appellee, a citizen of California, who was previously under a temporary employment agreement executed in California with Bechtel-McCone Corporation (which was engaging employees in the United States to work for the Company), arrived on Bahrein Island on May 28...

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