Burchfield v. Department of Labor & Industries

Appellant Burchfield, during the month of December, 1926, was employed by the Long-view Stevedoring Company, a Washington corporation engaged in the business of loading and stowing cargoes on and off ships at Longview, Kelso and Vancouver, Washington, at Eainier, Oregon, and perhaps at other ports along the Columbia river.

On December 22, 1926, the crew of which Burchfield was a part had, after a couple of days’ labor and by putting in overtime, completed the loading of a vessel at Longview with all of the cargo there available. In the evening of that day, the vessel was being prepared to…