MANUFACTURERS CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY v. Peacock

Felton, Chief Judge.

1. While under Code § 114-412 there may not be a recovery of compensation for disability due to a pre-existing hernia, there may be a recovery of compensation due to an aggravation of a pre-existing hernia. Boswell v. Liberty Mutual Ins. Co., 77 Ga. App. 556 (2) (49 S. E. 2d 117); American Mutual Liability Ins. Co. v. Gunter, 74 Ga. App. 500 (40 S. E. 2d 394). Any indication to the contrary in Liberty Mutual Ins. Co. v. Blackshear, 197 Ga. 334 (2) (28 S. E. 2d 860) was obiter because the question here involved was not raised in the petition for certiorari to the Supreme…