Watkins v. Jahncke Dry Docks, Inc.

WiHiam B. Anderson; plaintiff’s husband, died as the1 result of an accident sustained while he was repairing the rudder of a steamship on the dry-dock of defendant floating in the Mississippi river. It is thus evident that he was, at the time of the accident, engaged in a maritime occupation. Gray vs. N. o. Drydock & Shipbuilding Co., 146 La. 826, 84 So. 109. As he was engaged in a maritime occupation, the state’s Workmen’s Compensation Act has no application. Southern Pacific Co. vs. Jensen, 244 U. S. 205, 37 S. Ct. 524, 61 L. Ed. 1086, L. R. A. 1918C 451, Ann. Cas. 1917E, 900; Knickerbocker…