Massengale v. Tennessee River Nav. Co.

This suit was brought under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, chapter 123, Acts of 1919, by the plaintiff to recover for injuries sustained while in the service of defend*249ant. There was a judgment for defendant, from which the plaintiff has appealed in error to this court.

The defendant operates a steamboat, known as the Chattanooga, on the Tennessee River between Chattanooga, Tenn., and Decatur, Ala. The plaintiff was mate on that boat. He had charge of the deck hands or laborers. One of the latter had refused to perform his duties. The boat was returning from Decatur to Chattanooga. It was…