Ferguson v. Civil Service Commission

Ferguson and one Finn took an examination for promotion in the Quincy police department. Finn requested the director of civil service to re-mark his answer to question 5 (a).1 The director denied his request and Finn appealed to the commission under G. L. c. 31, § 12A (as amended through St. 1948, c. 297). See also G. L. c. 31, §2 (b), as amended through St. 1945; c. 725, § 1. The commission “found that the decision of the [d]irector refusing the applicant [Finn] a change in his mark was through mistake, and . . . that . . . [Finn] should be given full credit for his answer. ’ ’ As a…