Kitterman v. Board of Supervisors
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Wapello District Court.— Hon. O. W. Vermillion, Judge. The plaintiff in bis petition asked for a writ of certiorari and also a writ of mandamus with reference to tbe protection and enforcement of bis right to be appointed and continued in tbe office of janitor of tbe courthouse in Wapello county, alleging that be was a veteran of tbe late Civil War, honorably discharged from tbe service of tbe Hnited States, and entitled to a preference in appointment and a…
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Appeal from Wapello District Court.— Hon. O. W. Vermillion, Judge. The plaintiff in bis petition asked for a writ of certiorari and also a writ of mandamus with reference to tbe protection and enforcement of bis right to be appointed and continued in tbe office of janitor of tbe courthouse in Wapello county, alleging that be was a veteran of tbe late Civil War, honorably discharged from tbe service of tbe Hnited States, and entitled to a preference in appointment and a continuance in that office under tbe provisions of chapter 9, of tbe Acts of the Thirtieth General Assembly (1904). The…
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
From the allegations and admissions found in the answer to which plaintiff demurred we may make the following abridged statement of the facts to which the provisions of the veterans’ preference act are to be applied: On January 5, 1906, the defendant board of supervisors, by resolution providing for the appointment of various officers “ for the year ending March 1, 1907,” designated plaintiff as janitor of the courthouse. Plaintiff had, however, already been serving as janitor from March 1, 1905. On January 4, 1907, defendant Dorothy made application to the board in writing, asking that he be…
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- State v. Board of Chosen FreeholdersSupreme Court of New Jersey · 1895
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