France Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Watkins, J.,

In this unemployment compensation case the compensation authorities all denied benefits to the claimant concluding that his unemployment was due to a discharge for willful misconduct in violation of §402 (e) of the Unemployment Compensation Law, 43 P.S. §802 (e).

The claimant, John I. France, was last employed as a truck driver by the McKinney Drilling Company, Monroeville, Pennsylvania, on March 6, 1964. He was so employed by this company for six years and earned $2.50 per hour.

The findings of fact disclose:

“2. The claimant, just prior to his last day of work, was given…