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BOARD OF TRUSTEES v. CHRISTY

36446.

246 Ga. 553 (1980)

272 S.E.2d 288

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE POLICEMEN'S PENSION FUND OF ATLANTA et al. v. CHRISTY.

Supreme Court of Georgia.

Decided October 16, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ferrin Y. Mathews, Malcolm J. Hall, Irmina Rivero Ownes, Marva Jones Brooks, for appellants.

Walter E. Sumner, amicus curiae.

Robert W. Hassett, Edward T. M. Garland, for appellee.

MARSHALL, Justice.

We granted certiorari in this case to review the holdings of the Court of Appeals, that the phrase "in line of duty" in the provision for in-line-of-duty disability pensions in the Act establishing the Policemen's Pension Fund of Atlanta (Ga. L. 1933, p. 213; as amended) means the same as "arises out of and in the course of employment" under the Georgia Workers' Compensation Act (Code § 114-102), and that the appellee-claimant's injuries were...

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