PING v. CITY OF CORTEZ

No. 19010.

342 P.2d 657 (1959)

Marvin PING, Plaintiff in Error, v. CITY OF CORTEZ, Colorado, and Louida M. Henry, as Clerk and Director of Finance in and for the City of Cortez, Colorado, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

July 6, 1959.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Marvin Ping, pro se.

Garrison, Dilts & Hancock, Cortez, for defendants in error.


DAY, Justice.

The parties are here in the same order as in the trial court and will be referred to as they there appeared.

Plaintiff, on behalf of himself and other persons similarly situated, brought a class action against the defendants challenging the constitutionality of City Ordinance No. 316, levying an occupational tax of $25 upon every business in the City of Cortez. The term "business" was defined in the...

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