Department of Industrial Relations v. Stone

CARR, Presiding Judge.

This appeal is from a judgment below in favor of five claimants for unemployment compensation. By agreement, these cases were tried jointly and the appeals have been consolidated into one record.

There is very little conflict in the evidence.

Each of the five appellees was employed by the J. M. Page Coal Company. Prior to the time of instant concern they worked on a shift basis, each receiving $12.70 per day. They used electric drills in connection with their duties; were furnished help in pushing loaded cars from the mine; and no time was deducted for any “dead work.”

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