Bedford v. Gamble-Skogmo, Inc.

The sole question for determination in this case is whether or not the defendant in error, Gamble-Skogmo, Inc., to which we shall refer as the company, is liable, under the provisions of chapter 216, Session Laws of 1935 — an initiated measure adopted by vote of the people in the 1934 general election and commonly referred to as the “Colorado Chain Store License Law” — for the payment of license fees for the operation of what are called “Gamble Agency Stores”, operated in Colorado for the years 1935, 1936 and 1937. This issue was raised in the district court by the company’s complaint in an…