Supreme Court of Georgia, 1931

Ætna Life Insurance v. Davis

Supreme Court of Georgia · Decided February 18, 1931 · No. 7731 · Atkinson

172 Ga. 258; 157 S.E. 449; 1931 Ga. LEXIS 67

Cases that cite this one

25 later published cases cite this decision.

New Amsterdam Casualty Co. v. McFarley (Ga. 1940)
Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co. v. Carroll (Ga. Ct. App. 1947)
Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. Cook (Ga. 1943)
Fireman's Fund Insurance v. Crowder (Ga. Ct. App. 1971)
Chevrolet Division, General Motors Corp. v. Dempsey (Ga. 1956)
Ware v. Swift & Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1939)
United States Casualty Co. v. Smith (Ga. Ct. App. 1933)
Liberty Mutual Insurance v. Bray (Ga. Ct. App. 1979)
Baggett Transportation Co. v. Barnes (Ga. Ct. App. 1963)
Carney v. Travelers Insurance (Ga. Ct. App. 1960)
Milledgeville State Hospital v. Clodfelter (Ga. Ct. App. 1959)
Densmore v. Brown (Ga. Ct. App. 1951)
Fidelity Casualty Company v. Brooks (Ga. Ct. App. 1943)
Fidelity & Casualty Co. v. Brooks (Ga. Ct. App. 1943)
McFarley v. New Amsterdam Casualty Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1940)
Employees Liability Assurance Corp. v. Johnson (Ga. Ct. App. 1940)
Rourke v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. (Ga. 1939)
Martin v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1938)
Miller v. Indemnity Insurance Co. of North America (Ga. Ct. App. 1937)
Hicks v. Standard Accident Insurance (Ga. Ct. App. 1936)
Jones v. American Mutual Liability Insurance (Ga. Ct. App. 1934)
Sutton v. Macon Gas Co. (Ga. Ct. App. 1932)
Davis v. Ætna Life Insurance (Ga. Ct. App. 1931)
Bishop v. Weems (Ga. Ct. App. 1968)
Perry v. American Mutual Liability Insurance Company (Ga. Ct. App. 1941)

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Opinion of the Court

Atkinson, J.

1. The act of 1920 (Ga. Laws 1920, p. 167), known as the Georgia workmen’s compensation act, by section 50 created the “Industrial Commission” for the administration of the act. It is therefore an administrative body. Gravitt v. Georgia Casualty Co., 158 Ga. 613 (2) (123 S. E. 897). The Industrial Commission has not the power and authority, under section 45 or other provisions of that act, after a full hearing- and rendition of an award denying compensation, to which no appeal is entered, to entertain another application by the employee, filed after the time provided in the act for entering an appeal, for compensation for the same injury, based upon an alleged change in the condition of such employee. Gravitt v. Georgia Casualty Co., supra; United States Casualty Co. v. Smith, 162 Ga. 130 (2), 134 (133 S. E. 851).

2. The Court of Appeals erred in reversing the judgment of the trial court.

Judgment reversed.

All the Justices concur, except Russell, O. J., and Mines, J., who (dissent. Bryan & Middlebroohs and O. W. Russell, for plaintiffs in error. J. E. Thrift and-James 0. Davis, contra.

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