Brown v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co.

The plaintiff in error filed with the industrial commission a claim for compensation for a hernia. After an adverse termination of his case before that tribunal he appealed to the superior court, and, his appeal being denied, he brought the ease to this court for review.

Before compensation may be allowed for a hernia it is necessary that the claimant definitely prove, among other things, that the hernia appeared suddenly and immediately followed an accident. *462See section 2 (e) of tlie workmen’s compensation act (Ga. L. 1920, p. 167). Assuming that the testimony of the claimant, standing alone,…