Sierota v. Scott

Opinion by

Mr. Chief Justice Sutton.

We might label this an exercise in semantics as will more fully hereinafter appear.

Sierota had a license from the State of Colorado, issued under C.R.S. ’53, 75-1-1, et seq., to sell fermented malt beverages. When it first issued, his place of business was in Arapahoe County outside of the city limits of defendant City of Englewood. Subsequently the area involved was annexed to the city and still later the city council adopted a licensing ordinance (No. 4, Series 1959) which required Sierota, when his previous license expired, to elect whether he would sell…