Mellen v. H. B. Hirsch & Sons

EDGERTON, Associate Justice.

Appellant, a boy fifteen years old, brought this action at common law to recover damages for an accidental personal injury that arose out of and in the course of his employment by appellees. The District Court dismissed the complaint because the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 et seq., applicable in the District of Columbia as a Workmen’s Compensation Act, D.C. Code 1940 §§ 36—501, 36—502, 45 Stat. 600, c. 612, 33 U.S.C.A. § 901 note, provides that in respect to such an injury compensation under the Act shall be…