Townsend v. Board of Review of the Industrial Commission

CALLISTER, Chief Justice:

Claimant seeks review of an order of the Board of Review of the Industrial Commission affirming the decision of the Appeals Referee denying claimant unemployment benefits.

The appeals referee found that claimant was attending an established school and was not eligible for benefits unless he came within one of the statutory exemptions- as provided in § 35-4-5 (g), U.C.A. 1953. Claimant had neither earned the major portion of his base period wages while attending school nor was he attending a night school; so he did not qualify for these exemptions. Claimant was…