State Ex Rel. Kenney v. Ranslow

This is an action of quo warranto to require the defendant to answer to this court by what warrant he claims to hold the office of chief of police of the town of Wolcott. The parties have stipulated to most of the facts but a hearing was required to present evidence on matters wherein the stipulation was inconclusive. In this proceeding the burden of proof is upon the defendant to establish his legal right to the office. State ex rel. Jewett v. Satti, 133 Conn. 687.

The defendant is forty-one years of age and has been a resident of the town of Wolcott for twenty-one years. In 1939 he was…