Hall v. Elliott

This is an appeal from an order of the superior court enjoining the civil service commission of the city of Seattle from permitting two city employees, who intervened in the action, to take a promotional examination. For convenience, we shall hereinafter refer to appellant civil service commission as the commission, and to appellant interveners as the interveners.

A recital of the facts sufficient to indicate briefly the basis of our decision follows: In September, 1941, the commission advertised that it would hold a promotional examination for the position of transit cashier, and that such…