City of Denver v. Bach
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from the County Court of Arapahoe County. Appellee was tried in the court below for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Denver, which in terms prohibited any person, firm or corporation to keep open or conduct, within the limits of the city, any clothing or other certain enumerated stores, or pawnbrokers’ shop, or to expose or offer for sale, or give away, within the city, any clothing or other articles of merchandise mentioned, or pawnbrokers’ articles, on…
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Appeal from the County Court of Arapahoe County. Appellee was tried in the court below for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Denver, which in terms prohibited any person, firm or corporation to keep open or conduct, within the limits of the city, any clothing or other certain enumerated stores, or pawnbrokers’ shop, or to expose or offer for sale, or give away, within the city, any clothing or other articles of merchandise mentioned, or pawnbrokers’ articles, on Sunday. The evidence established that appellee kept a clothing store in the city, and had sold merchandise of that…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gabbert
Counsel for appellant contend that the city, by virtue of its charter, has the exclusive authority to regulate all lawful occupations, places of business, and trade, within its limits, and is thereby empowered to enact all ordinances which may be deemed necessary and proper for the good order, health, good government, and general welfare of the city; and in the exercise of its police power, for the purposes above enumerated, has enacted the ordinance in question. The validity of the ordinance is challenged by appellee upon the ground that it is special, or class, legislation, to which counsel…
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