Jolley v. Lindon City Corp.

The district court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a cause of action, brought pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6), Utah R.Civ.P., and plaintiff appeals.

Plaintiff brought action on three causes. As a first cause, plaintiff alleged that defendants had wrongfully discharged him from his employment as Lindon City police chief on March 6, 1981. In his prayer on this cause of action, plaintiff prayed for reinstatement as police chief; for compensation for 600 hours of work on behalf of the City for which he had not been paid; and for return of plaintiff's retirement…