DeMoulin v. City & County of Denver

The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court. The plaintiffs sought to void a special election held on February 7, 1967. There a 20-year franchise was granted to Public Service Company of Colorado for use of the Denver city streets and public ways for the distribution of electricity, gas and steam. Trial was to the court, which, at the conclusion, dismissed the complaint. We affirm.

Colo. Const, art. XX, § 4 and Denver Charter § C3.1 describe the proper electorate for such an election as “qualified taxpaying electors.” Only those who had paid a property tax to the City and…