Wolfe Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Ervin, J.,

These seven unemployment compensation cases, which were consolidated for hearings before the compensation authorities and for argument before us, were decided against the claimants by the bureau, the referee and the board.

The sole question involved is whether the appellants retired voluntarily or whether they were induced to do so by their employer. The factual circumstances are similar in each case but the dates upon which the appellants declared their intention to retire and the dates of retirement are different. Fritz S. Wolfe declared his intention to retire on June 5,…