Fortson v. Clarke County

Nichols, Judge.

1. The record in this cáse again raises the question of whether a county is an employer under the provisions of the Workmen’s Compensation Act in accordance with Code (Ann.) § 114-101. In order to properly present the contentions of the plaintiff in error we briefly review the legislative and judicial history of this issue: From its original enactment in 1920 (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167) Code § 114-101 included within the meaning of employer “any municipal corporation within the State and any political division thereof” and provided (Code § 114-109) that neither any municipal…