Fraysure v. Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Commission

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Sims

Reversing.

The Kentucky Unemployment Compensation Commission, hereinafter referred to as the Commission, brought this action against William H. Fraysure and other officers and employees of the United States Employment Service in the State of Kentucky to test the constitutionality of Chapter 113, page 280 of the Acts of 1946, now KRS 340.090 to 340.160, 1946 Ed. The trial judge held the Act void in its entirety and Fraysure and others appeal.

It may be of assistance in understanding the questions raised on this appeal to give a brief history of the Kentucky…