Robertson v. Ætna Life Insurance

Belt,, J.

1. In this case, which arose upon an application by the insurer for an award ending compensation, on the ground of a change in the condition of the injured employee, the deputy commissioner, appointed by the commission for the purpose of taking testimony, acted beyond his authority in dismissing the case, and it was competent for the commission to treat the application as still pending and to consider the testimony taken by the ..deputy commissioner, with that subsequently introduced, in determining the final disposition to be made of the application. See Ga. L. 1920, p. 97, §§ 45,…