Loran v. City of Des Moines

In the spring of 1924, appellant applied to the mayor of the city of Des Moines for work as a common laborer upon the city dump. He informed the mayor that the man who had been employed upon the work had quit, and asked that he be appointed to the place. The mayor directed him to go to work, and he did so. A few days afterward, the mayor and one of the city councilmen came to the place where appellant was at work, and the mayor gave him certain directions with regard to the work he was doing. About the first of May, appellant appeared at the mayor’s office in the city hall and inquired about…