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ALASKA PACKERS ASSO. v. ACCDT. COMM.

No. 266.

276 U.S. 467 (1928)

48 S.Ct. 346

72 L.Ed. 656

ALASKA PACKERS ASSOCIATION v. INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENT COMMISSION ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 9, 1928.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Blair S. Shuman, with whom Mr. Allen L. Chickering was on the brief, for petitioner.

Mr. G.C. Faulkner for respondent Accident Commission.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court.

While standing on the land in Alaska, respondent Peterson endeavored to push into navigable water a stranded boat, 26 feet long, theretofore used by him and another for taking fish, and, while so engaged sustained bodily injuries. The fishing season had ended, the nets had been removed, and the boat, partly in the water, was resting on the sand. The immediate purpose was to float it to the dock nearby in order...

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