Marshall

This action is one in admiralty. The appellants, Puget Sound Freight Lines and Pacific Indemnity Company, an employer and its insurance carrier, respectively, filed a libel in the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington, Northern Division, seeking to have set aside an award in favor of one F. Jondro, which award was rendered under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, c. 509, 44 Stat. 1424 , 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., by Wm. A. Marshall, Deputy Commissioner of the Fourteenth Compensation District, established under the provisions of said Act. The District Court approved the award and ordered.the libel dismissed with prejudice. This appeal followed.

The parties to this case are in accord as to the facts, which are substantially as follows :

Appellant Puget Sound Freight Lines, the employer of F. Jondro, is the owner and operator of the motor vessel “Belana”, which is devoted exclusively to the carrying of cargo on the inland waters of Puget Sound in the state of Washington. The Belana’s certificate of inspection permits her to carry besides certain required men, other needed persons not connected with the *878 navigation of…