In Re Burris

PeR CüRiam.

Petitioner’s assignments of error do not call into question the findings of fact made by the Civil Service Commission or the evidence on which they are based. This appeal presents only the question whether the facts found support Judge Clarkson’s conclusions of law. Merrell v. Jenkins, 242 N.C. 636, 89 S.E. 2d 242.

The findings of fact unequivocally disclose that petitioner knowingly and deliberately — and at an expenditure of considerable time and effort — brought about a conflict of interest between himself and his employer.

“Manifestly, when a servant becomes engaged in a business…