Court Opinion

ID: 9635757
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 14:02:40.386645+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T11:26:04.484195
License: Public Domain

Dissenting Opinion by
Woodside, J.:
In my opinion the finding of the referee and the board that “the death of the decedent on October 31, 1952 was not the result of an accident but was due to *181natural causes” was sufficient “basic factual finding”, and was not arbitrary and capricious. The law makes the referee and the board the fact finders. This Court should not attempt to assume the prerogative of a fact finder through the device of remanding cases. As I agree with the holding of the majority that the court below reviewed the board’s action by an erroneous standard, I would reverse that court, and affirm the board.
Weight, J., joins in this dissent.