Case Name: Savannah River Lumber Co. v. Myers
Court: Court of Appeals of Georgia
Jurisdiction: Georgia
Decision Date: 1921-10-06
Citations: 27 Ga. App. 399
Docket Number: 12104
Parties: Savannah River Lumber Co. v. Myers.
Judges: Broyles, C. J., and Luke, J., concur.
Reporter: Georgia Appeals Reports
Volume: 27
Pages: 399–399

Head Matter:
12104.
Savannah River Lumber Co. v. Myers.
Decided October 6, 1921.
Certiorari; from Chatham superior court — Judge Meldrim. November 29, 1920.'
Hitch, Denmark & Lovett, Alvan B. Rowe, for plaintiff in error.
George H. Richter, contra.

Opinion:
Bloodworth, J.
1. In a suit by an employee to recover salary for a period following an alleged wrongful discharge, where the employer pleaded justification because of the refusal of the employee to obey a certain order, the right to recover would depend upon whether it was the duty of the plaintiff to obey the order given, and upon whether or not a refusal authorized the discharge. Georgia Coast &c. R. Co. v. McFarland, 132 Ga. 640 (64 S. E. 897).
(a) The refusal of the servant to perform services not provided for in the contract will not justify discharge. Sugg v. Blow; 17 Mo. 359 (1); Marx v. Miller, 134 Ala. 348 (4) (32 So. 765).
2. The questions of fact were submitted to the judge of the municipal court of Savannah, his judgment is supported by the evidence, no error of law appears, and the judge of the superior court properly overruled the certiorari.
Judgment affirmed.
Broyles, C. J., and Luke, J., concur.