Pillsbury
Industrial Indemnity Exchange v. Pillsbury
Opinion
Lead Opinion
Orr, J.
Adrian Maneke sustained an injury arising out of his employment, resulting in his death on June 26, 1947. His employer, one of the appellants herein, was insured against liability for compensation benefits payable under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., hereinafter called the Act, by Industrial Indemnity Exchange, also an appellant herein. The decedent’s parents filed an application for benefits under the Act with appellee Pillsbury, Deputy Commissioner, Eureau of Employees’ Compensation, for the area wherein the accident occurred. Subsequently a hearing was *912 held and on February 19, 1948, an award of death benefit was issued by the deputy commissioner 'in favor of the parents upon the finding that they were dependent upon decedent, to a substantial extent, for. support at the time of'his injury.
■Pursuant to the provisions of 33 U.S.C.A. § 921 appellants filed a complaint in the district court seeking an injunction against the enforcement of .the award order. The complaint was dismissed. This appeal is from, the order of dismissal.
' Appellants’ principal contention • is the alleged -insufficiency of the evidence to support…