Caterpillar Tractor Co. v. Durkin

This is a case arising under the' Unemployment Compensation act. (111. Rev. Stat. 1941, chap. 48, pars. 217 et seq.) Plaintiff in error filed a petition for writ of error to review the judgment of the circuit court of Tazewell county which approved a decision of the Director of Labor, who allowed unemployment benefits to strikers at plaintiff in error’s factory. While the petition was pending, the legislature amended the Unemployment Compensation act so as to authorize an appeal to this court. It is therefore immaterial whether the cause be styled a writ of error or an appeal.

Plaintiff in…