State Ex Rel. Aikens v. Davis

KeNNAj Judge:

This original proceeding in mandamus was brought by the State of West Virginia at the relation of Ethel Love T. Aikens against C. S. Davis, Director of Unemployment Compensation, for the purpose of requiring the payment of the claim of relator and of two hundred and sixteen others similarly situated for unemployment benefits incurred at the plant of The C. H. Musselman Company in Berkeley County near Martinsburg in the fall of 1944. It is agreed that the decision in this proceeding will control the disposition of the others.

The claimants were seasonal employees at an apple…