State v. Hatcher

Browning, Judge:

Upon petition of Leo Affolter and others similarly situated, hereinafter called claimants, this Court granted a writ of certiorari to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Kanawha County, entered January 29, 1962, holding claimants to be disqualified to receive unemployment benefits for the period January 30-February 12, 1961.

The evidence, which is uncontradicted, is as follows: Claimants are employees of Libbey-Owens-Ford Glass Company, hereinafter called employer, at its plant in Charleston, West Virginia; the demand for employer’s product is seasonal, necessitating the layoff…