City of Des Moines v. District Court of Polk County

— The petition in equity for the removal of Bennett as an officer of the city of Des Moines was filed in the office of the clerk of the district court of Polk County, Iowa, on October 6, 1948. The statutory provisions for a proceeding of this kind are in chapter 66, entitled “Kemoval From Office”, of the Iowa Code of 1946. The sections of the chapter which are particularly pertinent are:

Section 66.2 states that the jurisdiction for proceedings under the chapter shall be as follows: “* * * 3. As to county, municipal, or other officers, the district court of the county in which such officers’…