Carpenter v. NEWCOMB DEVILBISS COMPANY

Pannell, Judge.

Where, under the Workmen’s Compensation Act, an injured employee has obtained an award of weekly compensation, and the employer or insurance carrier ceases making the payments provided for, the employee may present a certified copy of the award to the superior court of the county in which the injury occurred, or if the injury occurred without this State, then to the superior court of the county in which the original hearing was had, “whereupon said court shall render judgment in accordance therewith, . . .” Code § 114-711; Savannah Lumber Co. v. Burch, 165 Ga. 706 (142 SE 83).

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