Riley v. City of Des Moines

Appellee was a policeman in the city of Des Moines for a number of years, commencing in 1902, and his service ending in 1922. In 1914, he was dismissed from the service by the then chief of police, on charges. He appealed to the district court, where the action of the chief in dismissing him was sustained; and this judgment by the district court was affirmed on December 11, 1917, in Riley v. Crawford, 181 Iowa 1219. He was again put on the police force in 1920; and on the 26th day of March, the city council of the city of Des Moines passed a resolution that Eiley “be restored to his full…