People ex rel. Jerome v. Regents of the State University
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from, the District Court of Arapahoe County.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Campbell
This is a proceeding in the nature of quo warranto under section 289 of the code of 1887, and is prosecuted in the name of The People of the State of Colorado on the relation of Frank Jerome, a private citizen of the state, and a resident freeholder and taxpayer of Arapahoe county. Its object is to exclude the defendant corporation (the regents of the university of Colorado) from the exercise of a franchise alleged to be unlawfully usurped by it.
The material facts are not in controversy. By section 5 of article 8 of our constitution, the state university is located at Boulder, and under the…
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