Miller v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Keller, P. J.,

This appeal is a test case involving about 1100 claims for compensation under the Unemployment Compensation Act of December 5, 1936, (P. L. 1937, p. 2897), as amended by Acts of May 18, 1937, P. L. 658, and August 5, 1941, P. L. 845.

The point involved, as argued before us-, is, Was the unemployment waiting period of three weeks, which had to elapse before unemployment compensation became payable under the Act, lengthened to sis weeks, (section 401(e) ), by reason of the fact that claimant’s total -unemployment,, for which he claimed compensation, was “due to a…