McNeill v. Marberry

UDALL, Chief Justice.

The sole question presented by this appeal is whether the trial court erred in holding that the members of the civil service board of the city of Phoenix, respondents-appellants, acted without or in excess of their jurisdiction in sustaining the dismissal from service of Hobert Marberry, petitioner-appellee, a bus operator in the department of transportation of the city of Phoenix.

The Phoenix city manager by an order in writing dismissed petitioner, a civil service employee, from his job for the reason that Marberry had allegedly five times violated a lawful and official…