Finney v. Estes

On or about August 26, 1952, the City of Colorado Springs, under the authority of an initiated ordinance adopted by the electors, entered into a contract with defendant Estes and the Garbage Service Company for the collection and disposal of garbage in the City of Colorado Springs. Plaintiffs in error, as plaintiffs in the trial court, for themselves and all others similarly situated, contending and alleging that said purported contract was not a contract, but a franchise granted contrary to the provisions of the charter of said City, filed a suit for declaratory judgment decreeing the rights…