McKevitt

Michael E. I. Mitchell and other members of the San Francisco police department were .examined for the purpose of establishing a list of persons eligible for appointment to the position of captain of police. The examination covered many subjects, and it appears there was a total of four hundred questions asked. A “key” for rating the answers was prepared by examiners appointed by the Civil Service Commission, and after the examination was held all participants therein were invited to inspect it. Those examined then had the privilege of objecting to the answers as given in the key, if they were of the opinion such answers were incorrect. After such inspection, Mitchell objected to the answers of three questions as fixed by the rating key. These objections were lodged with the Civil Service Commission, and the Commission, after consideration thereof, changed one of the answers to accord with Mitchell’s contention, but declined to make a change in the other two answers. Thereafter Mitchell made further protest to the Commission of the two answers last mentioned and of another answer not referred to before. The Commission re fused to make a further change in the answers; and upon the…