People v. Blake

This is a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto. The parties are here in the same order as they appeared in the trial court. We will herein refer to plaintiffs in error as relators and to defendants in error as defendants. The trial court sustained a motion to dismiss— filed on behalf of defendants—upon the ground that complainants failed to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and entered judgment accordingly.

The action was commenced by the filing of a complaint in the name of People of the State of Colorado ex rel. Wilson and Fiant, “Plaintiffs,” alleging that they are…