McDermott v. State

— The plaintiff, who conducts a barbershop in the city of Seattle, instituted this action for a declaratory judgment establishing the status of the barbers, manicurists, and bootblacks performing service in his shop under Laws of 1937, chapter 162, p. 574, Rem. Rev. Stat. (Sup.), § 9998-101 [R C. § 6233-301] et seq., known as the Washington unemployment compensation act. The state of Washington, the director of the department of social security, the supervisor of the unemployment compensation division of that department, and the attorney general were made defendants.

The case was tried to the…