City of Colorado Springs v. Smith
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to the County Court of El Paso County. Action for the violation of city ordinance. Judgment in favor of defendant Smith. The city brings the cause to this court by writ of error. ORDINANCE.
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Error to the County Court of El Paso County. Action for the violation of city ordinance. Judgment in favor of defendant Smith. The city brings the cause to this court by writ of error. ORDINANCE. “Section 1. Hotel runners* stage and omnibus drivers, hackmen and expressmen, in plying their respective vocations at any passenger depot of any railroad in this city, upon the arrival and departure of trains, shall occupy no part of the depot grounds or buildings or the platform thereof, except that portion allotted and designated to them by the station agent of such depot, and loud and boisterous…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Elliott
This cause was submitted ex parte upon the brief and argument of counsel for plaintiff. This court has uniformly held *557that a municipal corporation is entitled to have judgments in this class of cases reviewed by writ of error. City of Greeley v. Hamman, 12 Colo. 94; City of Durango v. Reinsberg, 16 Colo. 327.
The evidence clearly shows that defendant violated the terms of the ordinance. The only question, therefore, necessary to be considered is : Was the ordinance valid ?
The following provisions of the Towns and Cities Act are relied on to sustain the validity of the ordinance, Gen. Statutes,…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- City of Greeley v. HammanSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
- City of Durango v. ReinsbergSupreme Court of Colorado · 1891
- Cole v. RowenMichigan Supreme Court · 1891
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