Dickey v. King

— John E. Dickey was employed as a clerk in the department of streets and public improvements of the city of Des Moines early in April of 1932, and continued in that position until the time he was discharged on the 14th day of April, 1934.

Dickey was an honorably discharged soldier, and came under the provisions of the Soldiers’ Preference Law. He filed a petition for a writ of certiorari, and the matter came on for hearing before the district court, who sustained the petition and reinstated Dickey to the office he had held, entering judgment for the amount of wages which he was receiving at…