Womack v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

(After stating the foregoing facts.) This question is controlled by Ayers v. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co., 71 Ga. App. 327 (30 S. E. 2d, 811), in which it was held that testimony of a witness to the effect that he wrote and mailed a letter sufficient to constitute a claim for workmen’s compensation, properly addressed and containing sufficient postage, is sufficient to raise the presumption that the same was received by the addressee; and, where such testimony was uncontradicted and no one testified that the letter had not been received by the board, was sufficient evidence to support a…