Peasley v. Murphy

The circuit court of Cook county quashed a writ of certiorari sued out by the plaintiff, W. W. Peasley, doing business as Eleanor Neckwear Company, to review an assessment of the defendant, the Director of Labor of the State, against him under the Unemployment Compensation Act and rendered judgment in favor of defendant and against plaintiff for $1387.24 and costs.

Procedural requisites have been satisfied. The single issue presented for our decision is whether certain women described as “home workers” who performed services for plaintiff during the period from July, 1937, through March, 1940,…