City of Colorado Springs v. Street

In this opinion the defendant in error will be referred to as the plaintiff, and the plaintiffs in error as the defendants. On application of the plaintiff, the district court ordered the issuance of a peremptory writ of mandamus, commanding the defendants to issue to the plaintiff a permit to install and maintain a dry cleaning business on premises described in the alternative writ theretofore issued. The case is here on writ of error sued out by the defendants.

Section 783 of a Colorado Springs ordinance is as follows: “No dry cleaning business shall be installed or maintained within the…