good cause

good cause
Substantial reason, a legal excuse. Pines v District Court in Woodbury County, 233 Iowa 1284, 10 NW2d 574. Legal cause, in reference to the right of the state to dissolve a corporation and recall the franchise granted to it. Wheeler v Pullman Iron & Steel Co. 143 III 197, 820, 32 NE 420. As a ground for the revocation of a certificate of convenience and necessity, the failure to comply with a condition precedent to the issuance of the certificate. Midwestern Motor Transit, Inc. v Public Utilities Com. 126 Ohio St 317, 185 NE 194. As ground for a continuance, something which deprives the applicant of a fair trial if forced to proceed at the appointed time. Ex Parte Venable, 86 Cal App 585, 261 P 731; People v O'Connor, 88 Cal App 568, 263 P 866; People v Clayton, 89 Cal App 405, 264 P 1105. As an excuse for failure to file a claim for workmen's compensation within the period provided by statute:-a mistake on the part of claimant or other reasonable cause. 58 Am J1st Workm Comp § 414. A vague and unintelligible term, as it appears in a clause of a contract providing for termination of the contract by either party for "good cause." Cummer v Butts, 40 Mich 322. As used in unemployment compensation statutes that an employee shall be ineligible for compensation if he has voluntarily left work without "good cause", it has been held that removal from the area of employment because of marital obligation is such cause as to entitle the claimant to the statutory benefits. Such holdings have, however, been criticized as opening the door to fraud. Anno: 13 ALR2d 875, 876.

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