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MAYOR &c. OF ATHENS v. COOK

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104 Ga. App. 136 (1961)

121 S.E.2d 82

MAYOR & COUNCIL OF CITY OF ATHENS v. COOK.

Court of Appeals of Georgia.

Decided July 10, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Barrow, for plaintiff in error.

Guy B. Scott, Jr., contra.

BELL, Judge.

The question for decision is whether the State Board of Workmen's Compensation may lawfully make an award of a lump sum payment of contingent attorney's fees in a death case without (a) a specific finding that such an award is in the best interest of the dependent widow, or that it will prevent undue hardship on the employer without prejudicing the interest of the dependent widow and (b) without any evidence in the record on which such a finding might...

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