BRYAN, District Judge.
By a motion to dismiss his libel the question is here raised whether a minor, employed by the United States as a seaman, may, on the ground of infancy, renounce his acceptance of compensation under the Federal Employees Compensation Act, 5 U.S.A. § 751, and sue the United States under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781.
The libel, and the stipulation of facts upon which the motion was submitted, shows that seaman Herbert...
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