Gravitt v. Georgia Casualty Co.

The Court of Appeals desires instruction from the Supreme Court upon the following questions necessary to a determination of the case:

“1. Has the Industrial Commission of this State, upon its own motion or upon application of the employer and the claimant, but not of the contesting insurance carrier, the power and authority, under section 45 or other provision of the workman’s compensation act (Ga. L. Í920, pp. 167, 191), to pass an order reopening a case and granting another hearing for the taking of evidence, and to reconsider the case upon its merits, and thereupon to award compensation to…