People ex rel. Johnson v. Earl
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the District Court of Boulder County. Hon. James E. Garrigues, Judge. Information in the nature of quo tvarranto hy the people on the relation of Oscar A. Johnson, a resident, citizen, elector and taxpayer of the city of Boulder, against Isaac T. Earl, Oliver P. Clark, Houston Jones, Guy A. Adams, Albert Lawrence, A. E. Collins, A. S. McCoy, A. C. Yan Deren, E. D. Webb, H. W. Allen and Frederick White.
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Appeal from the District Court of Boulder County. Hon. James E. Garrigues, Judge. Information in the nature of quo tvarranto hy the people on the relation of Oscar A. Johnson, a resident, citizen, elector and taxpayer of the city of Boulder, against Isaac T. Earl, Oliver P. Clark, Houston Jones, Guy A. Adams, Albert Lawrence, A. E. Collins, A. S. McCoy, A. C. Yan Deren, E. D. Webb, H. W. Allen and Frederick White. From a judgment of dismissal on sustaining demurrers to the information, relator appeals. Decision en banc.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Maxwell
Information in the nature of quo warranto.
This proceeding was brought by appellant, relator, to test the right of respondents to the offices of mayor, city clerk, city treasurer, and alderman of the city of Boulder, which they were holding under and by virtue of an election held April 2, 1907.
The questions presented are: (1) the regularity of the acts of the registration committees preceding the election; and, (2) the constitutionality of chapter 100, Session Laws 1905, page 188; and the amendment thereof, chapter 147, Session Laws 1907, page 321, as applied to cities of the second class…
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