Nashua Corp. v. Brown

The question presented here is whether a wife who leaves her employment to join her husband in another state in a newly established home is entitled to unemployment compensation benefits. The pertinent part of the governing statute provides that the claimant shall be disqualified for benefits for a specified period after she has left her work “voluntarily without good cause in accordance with rules and regulations of the commissioner.”' R. L., c. 218, s. 4 A, as amended by Laws 1947, c. 59, s. 12. The applicable regulation, which is quoted in full in the statement of facts, provides that an…