California Employment Commission v. Butte County Rice Growers Ass'n

This action was instituted by the California Employment Commission under authority of the California *628Unemployment ■ Insurance Act (Stats. 1935, p. 1226; as amended, Deering’s Gen. Laws, 1937, Act 8780d) to recover unemployment compensation contributions, together with interest and penalties, from the Butte County Bice Growers Association upon the basis of wages paid by the association to- certain employees during the period February 14, 1937, to September 30, 1939. The trial court upheld the position of the defendant that the labor involved in the activities of the association constituted…