Legal Opinion

Kirkland v. Employers Liability Assurance Corporation

Supreme Court of Georgia

Decided February 9, 1943No. 14421PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

Reid, Chief Justice.

Our jurisdiction to consider this case depends entirely on whether it appears from the record that the plaintiff in error, who was a claimant under the workmen’s compensation act, has properly attacked one of the provisions of the act as violative of specified provisions of the State and Federal constitutions. The jurisdictional test has been frequently stated, and will be noticed from an examination of the following cases: Gulf Paving Co. v. Atlanta, 149 Ga. 114 (99 S. E. 374); City of Waycross v. Harrell, 186 Ga. 833 (199 S. E. 119); Head v. Edgar Bros., 187 Ga. 409 (200…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Gulf Paving Co. v. City of AtlantaSupreme Court of Georgia · 1919
  2. Abel v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1940
  3. Head v. Edgar Bros.Supreme Court of Georgia · 1939
  4. City of Waycross v. HarrellSupreme Court of Georgia · 1938
  5. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co. v. EdmondsonSupreme Court of Georgia · 1932

3Cited by3 opinions

  1. Atlanta-Asheville Motor Express Inc. v. SUPERIOR GARMENT MANUFACTURING COMPANYSupreme Court of Georgia · 1950
  2. Kirkland v. Employers Liability Assurance Corp.Court of Appeals of Georgia · 1943
  3. Pate v. BrockSupreme Court of Georgia · 1957

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