Michalsky Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinión by

Hirt, J.,

Claimant, the appellant here, had been employed by Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company as a miner in the Maple Hill Colliery for many years. December 7, 1946, was his last working day. On that date his person was attached and he was committed to Schuylkill County Jail because he then was $55 in arrears in his payment on a court order under which he was obliged to pay $70 monthly for the support of his wife and six of his nine children who were under sixteen years of age. His regular average earnings were then, and for some time had been almost $53 per week.…