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UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON

No. 11378.

160 F.2d 789 (1947)

UNITED STATES v. JOHNSON. JOHNSON v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 24, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James M. Carter, U. S. Atty., Ronald Walker and Robert E. Wright, Assts. to U. S. Atty., Harold A. Black, George E. Toner and McCutchen, Thomas, Matthew, Griffiths & Greene, all of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant United States.

David A. Fall, of San Pedro, Cal., for appellant Johnson.

Before MATHEWS, STEPHENS, and ORR, Circuit Judges.

ORR, Circuit Judge.

Robert C. Johnson, appellee, a seaman on the S. S. "Mission Soledad", a vessel owned and operated by appellant through the War Shipping Administration, was injured on June 30, 1944 while performing duties aboard his ship at Pearl Harbor.

Appellee was assisting in securing a boom and, at the time he was injured, was engaged in an operation known as "rounding in" blocks to bring two blocks of a block and tackle together. Appellee was on the...

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