Anderson v. Hoage

This action originated in an application by Telena Anderson, the appellant, for damages for the death of her husband, under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act (U. S. C. title 33, e. 18, § 901 et seq. [33 USCA § 901 et seq.]), as made applicable to the District of Columbia by the act of Congress of May 17,1928 (D. C. Code 1929, title 19, c. 2, §§ 11, 12, 33 USCA § 901 note).

It appears that the husband, Herbert L. Anderson, was in the employ of one O. R. Mise, as a taxicab driver; and that while on duty on February 9, 1933-, he suffered sudden pains in the chest, which was…