Scarbrough v. Portress

A judgment of the superior court affirming an order of the State Board of Workmen’s Compensation dismissing a plea in abatement filed before the board is not a final judgment and is not subject to appeal to this court by a bill of exceptions. Code Ann. § 6-701 and annotations, catchword “Abatement.” This is true even though the judgment affirmed a ruling dismissing the plea on the ground that the board did not have jurisdiction. Neither the dismissal by the board nor the affirmance of the dismissal by the court was a final disposition of the cause nor would it have been if the l’uling had…