State Ex Rel. Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Nissen

The appellant contends she is entitled to have the reserve account in the name of Metropolitan Life Insurance Company on wages earned by the workers engaged in the operation of the Nissen Building, from 1 January, 1937, to 1 December, 1944, credited to her account. She bases her claim on two grounds: (1) That under the terms set out in the Agreement assigning the rents to the Metropolitan Life Insurance Company, said Company was not authorized to act as an employer in the operation of the Nissen Building, but was authorized to act only in the place and stead of the owner as agent or trustee;…