TRAVELERS INSURANCE CO. v. HANEY

35591, 35612.

92 Ga. App. 319 (1955)

88 S.E.2d 492

TRAVELERS INSURANCE COMPANY et al. v. HANEY; and vice versa.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Rehearing Denied June 28, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marshall, Greene & Neely, Edgar A. Neely, Jr., Robert G. Young, for plaintiffs in error.

Wade H. Leonard, J. Robert Wheat, contra.


NICHOLS, J.

While the State Board of Workmen's Compensation is not a court of general jurisdiction, nor even of limited common-law jurisdiction (Gravitt v. Georgia Casualty Co., 158 Ga. 613 (2), 123 S. E. 897), it acts in a quasi judicial capacity, and may take judicial cognizance of its own judgments, orders, etc. Accordingly, upon consideration of the application of the claimant for a lump-sum settlement, and the request of the defendants for a hearing...

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