FREEMAN S. S. CO. v. PILLSBURY

No. 11902.

172 F.2d 321 (1949)

FREEMAN S. S. CO. et al. v. PILLSBURY.

United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit.

January 24, 1949.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lasher B. Gallagher, of Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., James M. Carter, U. S. Atty., and Clyde C. Downing and Max F. Dentz, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Los Angeles, Cal., and Alvin O. West, Atty. Dept. of Justice, of Washington, D. C. (Ward E. Boote, Chief Counsel, and Herbert P. Miller, Asst. Chief Counsel, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, Federal Security Agency, both of Washington, D. C., of counsel), for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, HEALY, and BONE, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

The deputy commissioner made an award in favor of claimant Cora E. Olcott, as the widow of Walter Olcott, under the authority of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, March 4, 1927, c. 509, § 1, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S. C.A. § 901. The employer and its insurer brought a proceeding called a libel in district court for review, 33 U.S.C.A. 921(b), and thereafter the court entered a final decree denying any relief and...

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