Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Co. v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Maxey,

This is the question to be decided: Is an individual who voluntarily resigns from his employment in order to go into business for himself as an independent contractor entitled to unemployment benefits upon the unsuccessful and involuntary termination of his private business venture? The Unemployment Compensation Board of Review and the Superior Court of Pennsylvania answered this question affirmatively.

Perkins Dawkins, claimant, was employed by the Sun Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company, Chester, Pa., as a third-class sheet metal worker from October 20, 1942…