Cook v. Civil Service Commission
California Supreme Court
’APPEAL from a judgment of the Superior Court of the City and County of San Francisco setting aside and annulling an examination which had been held by the civil service commission of that city and county for the promotion of certain captains in the fire department to the rank of battalion chief. George A. Sturtevant, Judge. The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtMelvin, J.
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court of the city and county of San Francisco on certiorari, setting aside and annulling an examination which had theretofore been held by the civil service commission of that city and county, for promotion of certain captains in the fire department to the rank and standing of battalion chief. Cook, who was one of those taking the examination, petitioned with several of his associates for the writ, setting forth five separate counts, on the first and third of which the matter was finally submitted.
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