Matthews v. CIVIL SERVICE COM'N OF CITY AND CTY. OF SAN FRANCISCO

BRAZIL, J. pro tem. *

From a judgment in favor of the San Francisco Civil Service Commission and some individual defendants, the plaintiff employee, a member of the system, appeals. He sought in an action for declaratory relief to establish that he was entitled to an advance to a position available to one of his qualifications.

The situation requires, first, an explanation of the circumstances involved. The plaintiff was a civil service employee who at all times with which we are concerned stood at the head of the list of eligibles for the promotive position of J 10 Labor Sub-Foreman. 'On…