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HAWES v. MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH & ACCIDENT ASS'N

No. 398.

89 S.E.2d 739 (1955)

243 N.C. 62

Betty P. HAWES, widow; and Sharon Lynn Hawes, minor daughter of Maynard Hawes, Deceased, v. MUTUAL BENEFIT HEALTH & ACCIDENT ASSOCIATION and United Benefit Life Insurance Company and Maryland Casualty Company.

Supreme Court of North Carolina.

November 2, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Buford T. Henderson, Winston-Salem, for plaintiffs, appellants.

Deal, Hutchins & Minor, Winston-Salem, for defendants, appellees.

PARKER, Justice.

Under the Workmen's Compensation Act the Industrial Commission is constituted the fact-finding body, and their findings, if supported by competent evidence, are "conclusive and binding as to all questions of fact". G.S. § 97-86; Cooper v. Colonial Ice Co., 230 N.C. 43, 51 S.E.2d 889. This is true even though there may be competent evidence which would have supported a contrary finding. Creighton v. Snipes, 227 N.C. 90, 40 S.E.2d 612. However...

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