Babcock v. City of Des Moines

it. soldiers’ PREFERENCE act : discharge: reduction of salofyposition^011 feetfaltl1: ef" I. The plaintiff is within a class who may invoke the so-cal'led Soldiers’ Preference Law. He claims, and the ' district court found, that he was unlawfully discharged, in violation of that law. Its provisions are found in Sections 1056-al5 and 1056-al6, Supplement to the Code, 1907. In effect, and so far as material here, they are: That, in every public department of cities, certain persons shall be entitled to preference in appointment, employment and promotion over other persons of equal…