Naeseth v. Village of Hibbing

Plaintiff liad a directed verdict. Defendant appeals from the order denying its alternative motion for judgment notwithstanding or a new trial.

For some time before January, 1931, plaintiff had served defendant village as its chief of police. At that time the village had a police civil service commission created and functioning under the statute hereinafter discussed. Under that statute, as we shall see, the commission rather than the village council has the exclusive power to discharge a police officer. Notwithstanding, and in January, 1931, the village council adopted a resolution attempting…