Townsend v. Employment Security Department

The employment security department appeals from a judgment .of the superior court of Okanogan county, setting aside an order of the commissioner which affirmed a determination by an appeal tribunal of the department that the respondent was not eligible for unemployment compensation because he was not available for work, as required by RCW 50.20.010.

It is well settled that, in cases such as this, the administrative determination of the facts is conclusive, unless ■it be wholly without evidential support, or wholly dependent on a question of law, or clearly arbitrary or capricious. Jacobs v.…