Demarest v. Fire Department

Opinion

SCHALLER, J.

The plaintiffs, James Demarest and John Bolton, appeal from the judgment of the trial court rendered in favor of the defendants in this quo warranto action challenging the defendants’1 hiring of certain firefighters. On appeal, the plaintiffs claim that the court improperly (1) failed to impanel a jury to act as fact finder in violation of their constitutional right to a jury trial, (2) determined that the Norwalk fire board did not act ar bitrarily and capriciously in applying the criteria for firefighter eligibility, (3) determined that the date on which the firefighters…