Legal Opinion
Georgia Marine Salvage Co. v. Merritt
Court of Appeals of Georgia
Decided July 13, 1950No. 33160PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtTownsend, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) An agreement between the parties to a workmen’s compensation case duly signed, and approved by the board, is, in the absence of fraud, accident, or mistake, conclusive as to the matters agreed upon, and the approval by the board of the agreement has the same legal effect as an award of the board made after a hearing of the issues. Code § 114-705; Lumbermen’s Mutual Casualty Co. v. Cook, 195 Ga. 397 (24 S. E. 2d, 309); Wiley v. Bituminous Casualty Corp., 76 Ga. App. 862 (47 S. E. 2d, 652). Subsequent to the entering of such an order of approval of the…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- United States Casualty Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1926
- Lumbermen's Mutual Casualty Co. v. CookSupreme Court of Georgia · 1943
- Rourke v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
- Fralish v. Royal Indemnity Co.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1936
- Liberty Mutual Insurance Co. v. MorganSupreme Court of Georgia · 1945
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Chance v. Planters Rural Telephone Cooperative, Inc.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1963
- Maryland Casualty Corp. v. MitchellCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1950
- S. S. Kresge Co. v. CartyCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1969
- Automatic Sprinkler Corp. of America v. RuckerCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1952
- Liberty Mutual Insurance v. ArcherCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1963
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