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- Title: Roach v. Pyramid Life Insurance Co.
- Author : Supreme Court of North Carolina
- Release Date : January 17, 1958
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
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In this case the appeal from the order of the Industrial Commission was taken prior to 1 October 1967 and accordingly properly lay to the superior court. Had the appeal been taken on or after 1 October 1967, it would have come directly to the Court of Appeals. G.S. 97-86, as amended by Chap. 669, 1967 Session Laws. In either case the appellate court, which was the superior court in this case, has jurisdiction to review only for errors of law. Brice v. Salvage Co., 249 N.C. 74, 105 S.E.2d 439. If the findings of fact of the Industrial Commission in a proceeding over which it has jurisdiction are supported by competent evidence and are determinative of all of the questions at issue in the proceeding, the court on appeal must accept such findings as true and merely determine whether they justify the legal conclusions and the decision made by the Commission. In no event may the superior court or this Court consider the evidence which was introduced in the proceedings before the Industrial Commission for the purpose of making new findings of fact for itself. Pardue v. Tire Co., 260 N.C. 413, 132 S.E.2d 747. A fortiori the appellate court may not receive or consider new evidence not introduced in the hearing before the Commission. The scope of review is limited to the record as certified by the Industrial Commission and to the questions of law therein presented. Penland v. Coal Co., 246 N.C. 26, 97 S.E.2d 432. If the findings of fact made by the Commission are insufficient to enable the court to determine the rights of the parties upon the matters in controversy, the proceeding must be remanded to the Commission for proper findings. Thomason v. Cab Co., 235 N.C. 602, 70 S.E.2d 706. Even in such cases, however, ordinarily the limited authority of the reviewing court does not permit it to order remand of the case for the taking of additional evidence. Bailey v. Dept. of Mental Health, 272 N.C. 680, 159 S.E.2d 28. The appellate court may remand a cause to the Industrial Commission on the ground of newly discovered evidence only when a proper case is made to appear by affidavit meeting the seven requirements set out in Johnson v. R.R., 163 N.C. 431, 453, 79 S.E. 690, 699. McCulloh v. Catawba College, 266 N.C. 513, 146 S.E.2d 467. No affidavit and no such showing has been presented in the present case.