UNITED STATES v. MEYER

No. 13803.

200 F.2d 110 (1952)

UNITED STATES v. MEYER. MEYER v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 29, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brian S. Odem, U. S. Atty., and William G. Winters, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Houston, Tex., Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Admiralty and Shipping Section, Washington, D. C., for appellant, appellee.

Arthur J. Mandell, Houston, Tex., for appellee, appellant.

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


PER CURIAM.

The decedent, a federal civil service employee, serving as a bin-tender on a dredge operated by the United States Engineers, was killed in the service of the vessel, leaving a dependent father. The decedent's administrator first filed claim and collected burial benefits under the Compensation Act. He then brought a suit against the United States for wrongful death in which appellee, the present administrator, was substituted.

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