City and County of Denver v. Thrailkill

We will hereinafter refer to the parties as they appeared in thé trial court where defendants in error were plaintiffs and plaintiffs in error were defendants.

The individual plaintiffs earn their livelihoods as taxicab drivers who own their equipment and operate under contracts with the companies with which they are severally affiliated. These companies are the corporate plaintiffs. The method of operation carried on by the plaintiffs is called the owner-driver system and is iden tical with that which we described at length in the case of International Brotherhood v. Publix Cab Co., 119 Colo.…