City of Sioux City v. Civil Service Commission

The City of Sioux City secured a writ of certiorari to test the legality of an order of its Civil Service Commission, determining Howard C. Kingsbury was entitled to the position of Park Supervisor, in the Sioux City Park Department. He had been appointed to the position of Park Superintendent in 1934 and was serving in that position in 1937 when the civil service system was installed in the municipal government of Sioux City. He then had less than five years service and under the statute (now section 365.7, Code of 1954), he took and passed a civil service examination for the position of…