Johnson v. United States

BRYAN, District Judge.

By a motion to dismiss his libel the question is here raised whether a minor, employed by the United States as a seaman, may, on the ground of infancy, renounce his acceptance of compensation under the Federal Employees Compensation Act, 5 U.S.A. § 751, and sue the United States under the Public Vessels Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 781.

The libel, and the stipulation of facts upon which the motion was submitted, shows that seaman Herbert L. Johnson was injured on October 13, 1946 while employed by the United States as a deckhand aboard the Patrol Boat Q-14, owned and operated by…