Palmer v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

The question raised in this appeal is whether the word “employer” as used in the Michigan unemployment compensation act (Act No. 1, Pub. Acts 1936 [Ex. Sess.], as amended by Act No. 347, Pub. Acts 1937 [Comp. Laws Supp. 1937, § 8485-41 et seq., Stat. Ann. 1938 Cum. Supp. § 17.501 et seq.) applies to plaintiffs under the particular facts in the instant case.

A petition for certiorari was filed by plaintiffs- in the circuit court for Ingham county to review questions of fact and law as determined in an order of defendant affirming assessments for unemployment compensation for the years 1938 and…