State Ex Rel. Cleveland Engineering Construction Co. v. Duffy

This is an original action in mandamus in which the plaintiff asks that the defendant, the Industrial Commission of Ohio, accept premiums from it, payable into the state insurance fund under the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the benefit of its employes, who are employed “on floating vessels in navigable waters.” These men are divisible into eight classes:(1) Men on floating dredges. Employed in dredging for foundations for docks, cribs, and bridges, dredging trenches for installing pipes of brick, concrete, or metal, for water, sewer, or gas, for making, widening, and deepening channels,…