Slater v. Fire & Police Board
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the District Court of the City and County of Denver. Eon. B. M. Malone, Judge. Certiorari by "William C. Slater to the fire and police board of the city and county of Denver, Frank Adams, Earl Hewitt and D. A. Barton, to review the grant of a liquor license to William Coors. From a judgment of the district court sustaining the license, petitioner brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabbert
The only body authorized to issue licenses for the sale of intoxicating liquors within the city and county of Denver is the fire and police board of that municipality; but, because the application for the *230license and petition in support thereof was not addressed to that body is not material. It was treated by the fire and police board as an application and petition to it to issue a liquor license, and the fact that it was not addressed to that body is of no moment, and cuts no figure in determining the validity of its action.
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