Crowell v. Benson

Mr. Justice Brandéis,

dissenting.

Knudsen filed a claim against Benson under § 19 (a) of the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, March 4, 1927, c. 509, 44 Stat. 1424. Benson’s answer denied,-among other things, that the relation of employer and employee existed between him and the claimant. The evidence introduced before the deputy *66commissioner, which occupies 78 pages of the printed-record, was directed largely to that issue and was conflicting. The deputy commissioner found that the’claimant was in Benson’s employ at the time of the injury, and filed an order for compensation…