Employers' Liability Assur. Corp. v. Hoage

GRONER, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal under the Compensation Law (D. C. Code 1929, tit. 19, §§ 11 and 12, making applicable to the District of Columbia the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 44 Stat. 1424 et seq., 33 USCA § 901 et seq.). The lower court dismissed the injunction hill, and the case is here on appeal. It may be disposed of in a brief memorandum.

The deputy commissioner, on consideration of the evidence, held the employee was carrying out his employer’s instructions at the time of the injury. If there is evidence to sustain this conclusion, we are hound by…