GRUBBS v. CITY OF MIDDLESBORO


284 S.W.2d 668 (1955)

Hoyt GRUBBS, Appellant, v. CITY OF MIDDLESBORO, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

December 2, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

A. E. Funk, Jr., Middlesboro, for appellant.

H. Kelly Clore, Pineville, for appellee.


MILLIKEN, Judge.

The appellant, Hoyt Grubbs, was a city fireman in Middlesboro for seven years before his discharge by the City Council upon charges brought against him by the Chief of the Fire Department, Richard Knipp. City firemen are protected by civil service under KRS, Chapter 95.

Grubbs was charged with being absent without leave at various times in the summer of 1954 and of using profane and abusive language to the Chief after the charges were filed...

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