Hartford Insurance Group v. Voyles

Full title: HARTFORD INSURANCE GROUP et al. v. VOYLES

Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia

Date published: Feb 24, 1978

243 S.E.2d 602 (Ga. Ct. App. 1978)

243 S.E.2d 602

Opinion

55268.

ARGUED FEBRUARY 6, 1978.

DECIDED FEBRUARY 24, 1978.

Workmen's compensation. Cobb Superior Court. Before Judge Ravan.

Brackett, Arnall Stephens, H. P. Arnall, H. A. Stephens, for appellants.

Kenneth J. Vander Hoff, Jr., for appellee.

WEBB, Judge.

The superior court, on appeal from the award of the State Board of Workmen's Compensation, is without authority to substitute its own findings of fact and make its own conclusions of law based thereon; "[t]his appeal is therefore reversed with direction that the superior court rule on the appeal as provided by law." Travelers Ins. Co. v. Hutcheson, 137 Ga. App. 759 ( 225 S.E.2d 99) (1976). Judgment reversed with direction. Quillian, P. J., and McMurray, J., concur.

WEBB, Judge.

ARGUED FEBRUARY 6, 1978 — DECIDED FEBRUARY 24, 1978.