California Portland Cement Co. v. California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board

VALLÉE, J.

Appeal by California Portland Cement Company from a judgment denying its petition for a writ of mandamus to compel the California Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board to set aside its decision affirming a decision of a referee which affirmed a ruling of the Department of Employment charging petitioner’s account with unemployment insurance benefits paid to Silas Carter, a former employee.

The facts are not in dispute.

Petitioner operates a large cement mill near Mojave. Silas Carter was employed as a laborer in the mill on March 27, 1956. On April 6, 1956, he voluntarily quit his…