Southern Bell Telephone & Telegraph Co. v. South Carolina Employment Security Commission

Taylor, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from an Order of the Circuit Court of Union County affirming a decision of the South Carolina Employment Security Commission. The sole issue raised by this appeal, which has not heretofore been before this Court, is whether the receipt of termination allowances by the claimants, at the time their services were terminated, rendered them ineligible for unemployment compensation benefits.

On September 8, 1958, the claimant, Maria G. Arthur, filed an initial claim for unemployment compensation benefits. On September 18, 1958, a claims examiner of the…