NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION v. ORVIN

18175.

209 Ga. 878 (1953)

76 S.E.2d 705

NATIONAL SURETY CORPORATION et al. v. ORVIN.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided July 13, 1953.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin, Snow & Grant, for plaintiffs in error.

Emory L. Rowland, Harry E. Monroe, T. Elton Drake and John M. Williams, contra.


HEAD, Justice.

In all instances where an agreement is made for the payment of compensation in a lump sum, the agreement must be approved by the Board of Workmen's Compensation, and, where the agreement is not so approved, "it is contrary to public policy, is not binding upon the parties, and is void." Tillman v. Moody, 181 Ga. 530, 534 (182 S. E. 906). In the present case the board approved the agreement and directed that the defendants "pay upon receipt...

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