Colorado Ass'n of Accountants v. Colorado Society of Certified Public Accountants

We will refer to the plaintiffs in error as defendants as they appeared in the trial court, and to defendant in error as plaintiff or C.P.A.

The cause is here on writ of error directed to a judgment that found the defendants in contempt of court for having violated an injunction theretofore entered. This action is an outgrowth of our opinion in People ex rel. Dunbar v. Freedman, etc., 144 Colo. 438, 356 P. (2d) 899, in which we held that under the provisions of C.R.S. ’53, 2-1-12 (1) —Accountancy Act of 1937 — there was no prohibition against the use of the words “public accountant” by a…