Tennessee Enamel Mfg. Co. v. Hake

The complainant, Tennessee Enamel Manufacturing Company, filed its bill in the Chancery Court of Davidson County assailing the constitutionality of that portion of the Unemployment Compensation Act as codified in Section 6901.5, subsection (3), of Williams’ Code (Section 8, subsection (d) (3), Chapter 131, Public Acts 1939), which provides, in substance, that an employee who is out of work for a period of four weeks by reason of a labor dispute shall be entitled to the benefits of the act beginning with the sixth week, one week being a waiting period.

The bill set out that complainant is a…