People Ex Rel. Stokes v. Newton

The parties appear here as in the trial court, and reference will be made to them as relator and Denver Housing Authority. The whole question involved in this controversy is whether the enactments conferring the powers and privileges enumerated in chapters 131 and 132, 1935 Session Laws, violate article XX of the state Constitution, in that they are local and municipal in character and not of public concern within the police power of the state.

Relator in quo warranto alleges usurpation of franchises, privileges and grants by the Denver Housing Authority, in that the latter seeks, with public…