Legal Opinion
Independent Gasoline Co. v. Bureau of Unemployment Compensation
Supreme Court of Georgia
Decided July 9, 1940No. 13400PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
. Duckworth, Justice.
The only portion of the unemployment compensation law here attacked is section 19(g)(4). Section 19(g)(1) defines as an employer any employing unit having in its employment eight or more individuals; and it is alleged in the petition that by virtue of the provision of section 19(g)(4) the defendant is an employer and should be made to pay as provided by the act. The defendant is a corporation and as such is an artificial person. Code, § 22-101. This legal entity retains its separate and independent character, regardless of the ownership of its capital stock; and as such…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- F. S. Royster Guano Co. v. VirginiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Burnet v. Commonwealth Improvement Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Co. v. Minneapolis Civic & Commerce Ass'nSupreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Purity Extract & Tonic Co. v. LynchSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Peterson v. Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Zehender & Factor, Inc. v. MurphyIllinois Supreme Court · 1944
- Maryland Unemployment Compensation Board v. AlbrechtCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1944
- State Ex Rel. Unemployment Compensation Commission v. BarberSupreme Court of North Carolina · 1941
- Kellogg v. MurphySupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
- Benner-Coryell Lumber Co. v. Indiana Unemployment Compensation BoardIndiana Supreme Court · 1940
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