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MELLEN v. H. B. HIRSCH & SONS

No. 9376.

159 F.2d 461 (1947)

MELLEN v. H. B. HIRSCH & SONS et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia.

Decided February 3, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph H. Mellen, pro se, for appellant.

Mr. Lewis Jacobs, of Washington, D.C., with whom Messrs. W. E. Cumberland and Julian H. Reis, both of Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellees.

Before EDGERTON, CLARK, and PRETTYMAN, Associate Justices.

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellant, a boy fifteen years old, brought this action at common law to recover damages for an accidental personal injury that arose out of and in the course of his employment by appellees. The District Court dismissed the complaint because the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., applicable in the District of Columbia as a Workmen's Compensation Act, D.C. Code 1940 §...

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