City of Macon v. Whittington

The Court of Appeals requested instruction from the Supreme Court upon the following question, an answer to which is necessary to a decision of the case: “Where a person, at the time of his death on December 23, 1927, was a member of the fire-department of the City of Macon, Georgia, and was killed in the discharge of his duties as such, and where his service or employment was subject to the civil-service rules and regulations as provided for and contained in sections 57 and 58 of the act of August 3, 1927, amending the charter of the City of Macon and consolidating previous acts creating and…