Scott v. Commissioner of Civil Service

This is a petition for a writ of mandamus, to compel the commissioner of civil service to place the petitioner’s name in preferred position upon the eligible list of applicants for service in the fire department of the city of Cambridge, upon the ground that he is a “veteran” within the meaning of G. L. c. 31, § 21, as amended. The facts as stated in the petition are not in dispute. The petitioner made application to join the United States Navy and was sworn into the service on November 13,1918. The armistice in the Great War was signed on November 11, 1918. When the petitioner enlisted R. L.…