UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. BRITTON

No. 10624.

188 F.2d 674 (1951)

UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY CO. v. BRITTON.

United States Court of Appeals District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided April 5, 1951.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Harry Welch, Washington, D. C., with whom H. Mason Welch, John R. Daily, and J. Joseph Barse, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellant.

Ward E. Boote, Washington, D. C., with whom Herbert P. Miller, George Morris Fay and Joseph M. Howard, Washington, D. C., were on the brief, for appellee Britton.

Joseph C. McGarraghy and George Reber Littlehales, Washington, D. C., entered appearances for appellees Elizabeth Hood Jones and others.

Before CLARK and PROCTOR, Circuit Judges, and KIMBROUGH STONE, Circuit Judge, retired (sitting by designation).


STONE, Circuit Judge.

Appellant is the insurance carrier for William J. Nicholas, t/a Williams' Waste Oil Service, Inc., under the "Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act" of March 4, 1927, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., as made applicable to the District of Columbia, Act of May 17, 1928, 45 Stat. 600, D.C.Code, 36-501 (1940), 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 note. While the insurance was in effect, Ivor Jones, an employee of insured, was killed in the course...

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