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MACKEY v. STANDARD STEVEDORING CO.

No. 271.

131 So.2d 123 (1961)

Fred A. MACKEY v. STANDARD STEVEDORING CO., Inc.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Fourth Circuit.

May 29, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles G. Merritt, Peter G. Charbonnet, Jr., New Orleans, for plaintiff-appellee.

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., of Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, for defendant-appellant.

Before McBRIDE, YARRUT and HALL, JJ.

YARRUT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment overruling an exception to the jurisdiction of the Court ratione materiae, and awarding workmen's compensation to plaintiff under the State Workmen's Compensation Act. LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq.

The record reveals that plaintiff was injured in the hold of a ship while engaged as a longshoreman loading and unloading a vessel afloat in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, which vessel, in excess of 18 tons, was...

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