Thorne Unemployment Compensation Case

Opinion by

Reno, J.,

Appellant’s claim was denied by the bureau, the referee and the board because his discharge was caused by his own willful misconduct within the meaning of the Unemployment Compensation Law, §402(e), 43 P.S. §802, which provides: “An employe shall be ineligible for compensation for any week ... In which his unemployment is due to his discharge or temporary suspen*574sion from work for willful misconduct connected with Ms work; . .

Appellant was employed as a laborer by the Philadelphia Transportation Company. On several occasions: he had spoken to assistant superintendent Wood…