California Employment Stabilization Commission v. Payne

In January, 1944, plaintiff commission sued defendant for unemployment contributions claimed to be due for the year 1937 and part of the year 1938. The trial court concluded that the action was barred by subdivision 1 of section 338 of the Code of Civil Procedure, and that, for certain reasons which need not be noted here, the plaintiff was estopped from collecting the tax. Judgment was accordingly rendered for defendant, and the commission has appealed from this judgment.

Defendant, who owned and operated a beauty shop, paid no contributions under the Unemployment Insurance Act [Stats. 1935,…