Waters v. Civil Service Board

133 Cal.App.2d 733 (1955)

ARTHUR R. WATERS, Respondent,

v.

CIVIL SERVICE BOARD OF THE CITY OF OAKLAND et al., Appellants.

Civ. No. 16313.

California Court of Appeals. First Dist., Div. Two.

June 21, 1955.

John W. Collier, City Attorney, John W. Scanlon and Robert E. Nisbet, Deputy City Attorneys, for Appellants.

Harold J. Abraham for Respondent.

KAUFMAN, J.

This is an appeal from a judgment granting a peremptory writ of mandate commanding the civil service board of the city of Oakland to accept the application of petitioner Waters for examination for promotion from lieutenant to captain of police. The…