Riley v. City and County of Denver

By complaint filed as an original proceeding in this court, designated “For Relief in the Nature of Mandamus,” the two named plaintiffs seek by a class action to secure the release of themselves “and all others similarly situated, who are being unlawfully detained and confined in [the County Jail of the City and County of Denver] by virtue of purported and void judgments of the Municipal Courts of the defendant municipal corporation.”

The prayed-for relief stems from our decision in City of Canon City v. Morris, 137 Colo. 169, 323 P. (2d) 614 (March 17, 1958). It is said that the…