Mackey v. Standard Stevedoring Co.

YARRUT, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment overruling an exception to the jurisdiction of the Court ratione materiae, and awarding workmen’s compensation to plaintiff under the State Workmen’s Compensation Act. LSA-R.S. 23:1021 et seq.

The record reveals that plaintiff was injured in the hold of a ship while engaged as a longshoreman loading and unloading a vessel afloat in the Mississippi River at New Orleans, which vessel, in excess of 18 tons, was engaged in interstate, and foreign commerce.

The basis of the exception to the jurisdiction is that the federal Longshoremen’s and Harbor…