City & County of Denver v. School District No. 1

The defendant in error, referred to as the school district, filed this suit in the district court against the plaintiff in error, referred to as the county, to recover one-half of the monies paid into the county treasury, from various courts in the county collected by said courts for violations of state laws as fines imposed for the punishment of crimes and misdemeanors between July 1, 1933, and the 31st day of August, 1929. As was admittedly proper, one-half of all monies collected were paid into the state treasury, for the policemen’s benefit fund. The facts were stipulated and on trial to…