We think it quite natural and proper for a layman, or his attorney for that matter, to notify a councilman, in the expectation that the councilman will carry the matter forward from there. Such a course of action is well calculated to bring the matter to the city's attention for investigation. That is the object of the notice statute and is exactly what happened here. Mihalovich v. Appanoose County, 217 N.W.2d 564 (Iowa); Blackmore v. City of Council Bluffs, 189 Iowa 157, 176 N.W. 369; Klingman v. Madison County, 161 Iowa 422, 143 N.W. 426; Perry v. Clarke County, 120 Iowa 96, 94 N.W. 454; Kummer v. Bonarek, 351 F. Supp. 141 (N.D.Ill.); Seifert v. City of Minneapolis, 298 Minn. 35, 213 N.W.2d 605; Peterson v. City of New York, 73 Misc.2d 618, 341 N.Y.S.2d 834; Ware v. Manhattan Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, 49 Misc.2d 704, 268 N.Y.S.2d 519; Dennis v. City of Albemarle, 242 N.C. 263, 87 S.E.2d 561; Farr v. City of Rocky Mount, 10 N.C. App. 128, 177 S.E.2d 763; Penny v. City of Texarkana, 400 S.W.2d 797 (Tex.Civ.App.); Anno. 23 A.L.R.2d 969; 63 C.J.S. Municipal Corporations ยง 926 at 371. Finally, defendants contend the letter was not a notice of claim but rather a report of police misconduct.