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UNITED STATES v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP.

No. 13390.

190 F.2d 499 (1951)

UNITED STATES v. WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORP. et al.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 30, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wm. Dewitt Reams, and Percy C. Fountain, U. S. Atty., both of Mobile, Ala., for appellant.

T. K. Jackson, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for appellee.

Before HUTCHESON, Chief Judge, and HOLMES and BORAH, Circuit Judges.

BORAH, Circuit Judge.

James Bradford, an employee of Waterman Steamship Corporation, was fatally injured in the course of his employment on board the vessel Thomas Nuttall by the alleged negligence of a third party wrongdoer, the United States of America. His widow and minor children claimed and accepted an award of compensation under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, March 4, 1927, c. 509, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C.A. 901 et seq., which directed...

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