Custom Meat Packing Company v. Martin

TAYLOR, Justice.

Ruby M. Martin, claimant (respondent), was employed by Bert T. Kinzer and Arliss Joslin, d. b. a. Custom Meat Packing Company, employer (appellant), from November, 1959, to February 10, 1962. After termination she made claim for unemployment benefits, assigning as the reason for termination that another worker had been hired; that work slacked off; and that she was laid off. “I feel that they wanted me to quit, but I would not, so they had to lay me off.”

The employer resisted the claim, asserting that claimant had been discharged for misconduct in connection with her…