Hill v. City of Hattiesburg

On October 2, 1953, E. J. Barksdale, Chief of the Fire Department of the City of Hattiesburg, by a written communication, discharged C. H. Hill, an employee, for the following causes:

“1. You voluntarily left your job at about 1:30 P. M. September 25,1953 without permission and have refused to return to it.

“2. You have refused to obey the orders and instructions given you by the Chief of the Department in that you have refused to drive the fire truck at Number 3 Fire Station.”

*165The action of the chief was ratified, approved, and confirmed by the mayor and commissioners on October 5,1953. Two…