Murphy v. Hurlbut Undertaking & Embalming Co.

Plaintiffs recovered (before the court without a jury) a judgment against defendant in the sum of $411 alleged to be the amount owed for the year 1938, by defendant for employer contributions under our unemployment compensation law. [Laws 1937, p. 574 et seq., amended 1939, Laws 1939, p. 892 et seq.] Defendant appealed to the Springfield Court of Appeals, and that court, on motion of plaintiffs and under Sec. 1914, R.S. 1929, Ann. Stat., p. 2587, transferred the cause here on the theory that a state officer is a party. [Constitution, Sec. 12, Art. 6.]

[1] Our jurisdiction is not especially…