Colorado Postal Telegraph Co. v. City of Colorado Springs
Supreme Court of Colorado
Error to El Paso County Court. Hon. W. P. Kinney, Judge.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Teller.
On July 30, 1913, the, defendant in error passed an ordinance which required all corporations, companies, and concerns using poles, wires, etc., to pay an annual license fee of a stated sum per pole, and a stated sum per mile of wires strung on poles, and a stated sum per mile for underground wires and conduits. This ordinance was amended in January 1914 so as to make the license fees but one half what they were in the first instance.
The plaintiff in error is carrying on business in the City of Colorado Springs under ordinances passed in 1890 and 1891 granting to…
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