Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, 1968

Kent v. Civil Service Commission

Kent v. Civil Service Commission
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · Decided March 28, 1968
354 Mass. 757; 236 N.E.2d 87

Kent v. Civil Service Commission

Opinion of the Court

The demurrer to the petition for writ of mandamus to require reversal of the respondents’ action on the petitioner’s application and examination was rightly sustained. The respondents having acted, mandamus is not an appropriate remedy. Howe v. Attorney Gen. 325 Mass. 268, 270, and cases cited. Harding v. Commissioner of Ins. 352 Mass. 478, 480.

Order sustaining demurrer affirmed.

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