Lawson v. Hays
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. George W. Allen, Judge. Action by William Lawson and Eugene McCarthy, individually and as members of the board of county commissioners of the city and county of Denver, against S. D. C. Hays and George' I. Curtice. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error.
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Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Hon. George W. Allen, Judge. Action by William Lawson and Eugene McCarthy, individually and as members of the board of county commissioners of the city and county of Denver, against S. D. C. Hays and George' I. Curtice. From a judgment for defendants, plaintiffs bring error. Plaintiffs filed a motion in this court asking for a temporary writ of injunction to the same effect as the one dissolved by .the district court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
Lawson and McCarthy, members of the board of county commissioners of Denver county, residents and taxpayers therein, brought this action in the district court for themselves and in behalf of all taxpayers who may choose to join with them as plaintiffs, against Curtice and Hays, to restrain them from acting, or assuming to act, as members of the hoard of county commissioners till final determination of this action. As relief on final hearing they- asked for a decree adjudging that the hoard of commissioners of this county consist of three members and no more, that there were no vacancies to he…
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