COLONNA'S SHIPYARD v. O'HEARNE

No. 6499.

200 F.2d 220 (1952)

COLONNA'S SHIPYARD, Inc. et al. v. O'HEARNE.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1952.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lester S. Parsons, Norfolk, Va. (Venable, Parsons, Kyle & Parsons, Norfolk, Va., on the brief), for appellants.

Herbert P. Miller, Atty., U. S. Department of Labor, Employees' Compensation Division, Washington, D. C. (A. Carter Whitehead, U. S. Atty., Richmond, Va., Charles R. Dalton, Jr., Asst. U. S. Atty., Norfolk, Va., William S. Tyson, Sol. of Labor, and Ward E. Boote, Asst. Sol., U. S. Department of Labor, Washington, D. C., on the brief), for appellee.

Before PARKER, Chief Judge, and SOPER and DOBIE, Circuit Judges.


SOPER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is taken from a judgment of the District Court which sustained an award of compensation to Jones E. Spencer under the Longshoremen's & Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S. C.A. § 901 et seq. The question for decision is whether the award of the Deputy Commissioner was supported by substantial evidence.

Spencer was 63 years of age. On October 31, 1951 he was employed by Colonna's Shipyard, Inc., as a carpenter...

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