HENDERSON v. AVONDALE MARINE WAYS

No. 14327.

204 F.2d 178 (1953)

HENDERSON et al. v. AVONDALE MARINE WAYS, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit.

May 1, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frederick J. Gisevius, Jr., and Robert R. Gisevius, New Orleans, La., for appellants.

Leon Sarpy, New Orleans, La., Chaffe, McCall, Toler & Phillips and Edmund McIlhenny, New Orleans, La., Mendes & Mount, New York City, of counsel, for appellee.

Before HOLMES, STRUM and RIVES, Circuit Judges.


RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment reversing and setting aside an award of compensation to Sadie Anthony Wilson and her four minor children under the provisions of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S. C.A. § 901 et seq., as a result of the death of one Mose Wilson.

Mose and Sadie were married by license and ceremony on November 25, 1927 in the Parish of East Feliciana, Louisiana, following which...

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