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GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO. v. BRITTON

No. 10005.

179 F.2d 60 (1949)

GREAT AMERICAN INDEMNITY CO. v. BRITTON, Deputy Commissioner, Federal Security Agency, et al.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided December 19, 1949.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Guy M. Bayes, Washington, D. C., with whom Mr. Paul J. Sedgwick, Washington, D. C., on the brief for appellant.

Mr. Ward E. Boote, Chief Counsel, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Washington, D. C., with whom Messrs. George Morris Fay, United States Attorney, John D. Lane, Assistant United States Attorney, and Herbert P. Miller, Assistant Chief Counsel, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Washington, D. C., were on the brief for appellee Britton.

Mr. Robert J. Hawkins, Washington, D. C., was on the brief for appellee Taylor. Mr. Charles Effinger Smoot, Washington, D. C., also entered an appearance for the appellee Taylor.

Before CLARK, WASHINGTON and BAZELON, Circuit Judges.

WASHINGTON, Circuit Judge.

This case arises under the workmen's compensation law in effect in the District of Columbia, namely, the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of March 4, 1927, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S. C.A. § 901 et seq., as made applicable to the District by the act of May 17, 1928, 45 Stat. 600, D.C.Code 1940, § 36 — 501, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 note.

On March 11, 1946, Douglas D. Taylor, a carpenter and the claimant...

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