Geyer v. Triplett

The present controversy grows out of an appointment made on Juné 11,' 1945, by Charles F. Triplett, Superintendent of Public Safety of Des Moines, Iowa, wherein he promoted John W. Rider, sometimes known as John Rider, from the position of patrolman to that of sergeant in said department.

This appointment was and is challenged by Stanger R. Geyer, Louis J. Volz, and E. W. Ervin, all members of the police force of such city and all having the rank of patrolmen. These objectors are the plaintiffs herein. Rider, the appointee, and the three objectors had been members of such police force fór a…