Kitterman v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. O. W. Vermillion. Judge. Action in mandamus to enforce the plaintiff’s alleged right to be continued in the position of janitor of the courthouse of Wapello County. For a more complete statement of facts reference is made to the opinion of this court on a former appeal.
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Appeal from Wapello District Court. — Hon. O. W. Vermillion. Judge. Action in mandamus to enforce the plaintiff’s alleged right to be continued in the position of janitor of the courthouse of Wapello County. For a more complete statement of facts reference is made to the opinion of this court on a former appeal. See Kitterman v. Board, 137 Iowa, 275. On a remand of the cause after said decision was rendered judgment was again rendered against the plaintiff, and he again appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtWeaver, J.
As will be noted from the opinion on the former appeal plaintiff claims the right to the position under the provisions of the Soldiers’ Preference Act, Chapter 9, of the Laws of 1901. To this petition the defendants answered in substance as follows: Admitting that plaintiff had been acting as janitor of the courthouse under the appointment of the board from March 1, 1905, to February 25, 1907, the date of the pleading, and that plaintiff is an honorably discharged soldier of the United States who served in the late Civil War, they allege that plaintiff’s term of appointment will expire at the…
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