Loran v. City of Des Moines

The facts of this case are substantially without dispute. The appellee alleged in his petition that he was employed by Mayor Garver of the appellant city; April 19, 1924, to take the place of a laborer by the name of Andrews, previously employed by the city on Illinois Street, north of University Avenue, and that he performed the services by directing the dumping of road material on Illinois Street and the spreading and leveling of the material dumped, with a spade and other tools, so as to make a passable road. He claimed for his services 65 cents per hour, which was the wages paid by…