Dunn v. Commissioner of Civil Service

The petitioner contends that the commissioner of civil service has denied him a preference secured to him as a veteran within G. L. (Ter. Ed.) e. 31, § 21; and prays that a writ of mandamus issue to compel recognition of his right.

Section 14, Sixth, of St. 1884, c. 320, which created the civil service commission, required that the rules of the commission should provide “For giving preference in appointments to office and promotions in office (other qualifications being equal) to applicants who served in the army or navy of the United States in time of war and have been honorably discharged…