Puckett v. City and County of San Francisco

Petitioner appeals from a judgment denying a writ of mandate to restore him to a position as a patrolman in the San Francisco Police Department.

Prior to July 1, 1959, his employment was that of a motorman and bus operator for the Municipal Railway of San Francisco. In 1958, he took a qualifying examination given by the Civil Service Commission of the City and County of San Francisco for the purpose of acquiring a position on the eligible list for membership in the uniformed force of the city’s police department. On September 19, 1958, he was notified by the commission that he had attained a…