Bigger v. Unemployment Compensation Commission

Terry, J.:

Prior to January 7, 1944, Bradford Bigger, the appellant, a member of the Brotherhood of Painters, Decorators, and Paperhangers of America, Local No. 100, A. F. of L., was employed as a painter by Robert K. Peoples, 1423 Woodland Avenue, City of Wilmington, at the rate of $1,375 per hour for an eight hour day. On January 8, 1944, he registered with the Unemployment Compensation Commission and applied for benefits under the Unemployment Compensation Act of 1937, Ch. 258, Vol. 41, Laws of Delaware.

The United States Employment Service on January 17, 1944, referred him to work at the…