Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Employment Security Board of Review

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Fatzer, J.:

This appeal involves the interpretation of the Employment Security Law (G. S. 1949, 44-701, et seq., as amended) as to whether the five individual appellee-claimants were “unemployed” as that term is defined in G. S. 1961 Supp., 44-703 (m), for the weeks for which they claimed unemployment compensation benefits.

Unless otherwise designated, all subsequent reference to the Employment Security Law found in G. S. 1949, 44-701, et seq., as amended, is to G. S. 1961 Supplement.

The facts are not in dispute. Services of the five employees were…