Steamship Bowdoin Co. v. Pillsbury
California Supreme Court
Steamship Bowdoin Co. v. Pillsbury, 163 P. 204 (Cal. 1917)
174 Cal. 390; 1917 Cal. LEXIS 805
THE COURT.
Steamship Bowdoin Co. v. Pillsbury
Opinion of the Court
Certiorari to review an award of the Industrial Accident Commission allowing compensation to one Sievers. Sievers was a seaman on the steamer "Bowdoin," which was owned by the petitioner for the writ. He *Page 391 received his injuries on said vessel, while it was lying in the harbor of Eureka, in this state.
The contention of the petitioner is that the Industrial Accident Commission has no jurisdiction to award compensation for injuries to seamen upon navigable waters. The recent decisions of this court in the two cases entitled North PacificSteamship Co. v. Industrial Accident Commission, ante, p. 346, [
The award is affirmed.
Rehearing denied.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Steamship Bowdoin Company (A Corporation) v. A. J. Pillsbury, as Members of the Industrial Accident Commission of the State of California
- Status
- Published