District 50 Metropolitan Recreation District v. Burnside

The individually named plaintiffs in error are owners of residential property located within the District 50 Metropolitan Recreation District. They and the District appeared as plaintiffs in the trial court; were represented by the same attorneys; and urged the court to grant the same relief. Accordingly, all plaintiffs in error will be referred to as plaintiffs or the district. The prayer of their complaint was as follows:

“WHEREFORE, Plaintiffs pray this Court to enter an Order declaring Chapter 89, Article 12, Section 8, Colorado Revised Statutes, 1953, to be unconstitutional as it exempts…