Southern S. S. Co. v. Sheppeard

HUTCHESON, District Judge.

This is an equity action brought under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (33 USCA §§ 901-950) to enjoin the taking effect of an award of the commissioner in favor of one' Cisro Cummings, plaintiff, alleging that for and in consideration of the sum of $260 paid him, and the further consideration of plaintiff’s promise to take him back into plaintiff’s employ at the same rate of pay earned by him before the accident, Cisro Cummings executed a release, a covenant not to sue, and acknowledgment of full satisfaction of his claim against the Southern…