Big Top, Incorporated v. Hoffman

Big Top, Incorporated, applied to John M. Schooley, Manager of Safety and Excise of the City and County of Denver, for a license to sell 3.2 beer. After hearing, its application was denied because, professedly, the reasonable requirements of the neighborhood to be served appeared to be adequately provided for.

Dissatisfied with the decision of the Manager, Big Top filed review proceedings in the district court in accordance with C.R.S. ’53, 75-1-7, on May 25, 1962. There, after a review of the record, judgment was entered in which the findings and determination of the Manager were approved and…