Texas Unemployment Compensation Commission v. Frank

ARCHER, Chief Justice.

This case was begun on the 17th day of December, 1948, by Virginia Smith Frank against the Texas' Employment Commission and Shaw Jewelry Company of Galveston, for the payment of unemployment compensation benefits alleged to be due Mrs. Frank. She alleged that the appellant, Texas Employment Commission, had incorrectly held her to be disqualified to receive those benefits. The appellant filed a plea in abatement setting forth the fact that Virginia Smith Frank was a married woman and that her husband, K. C. Frank, was not a party to the suit. On the 17th day of January,…