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POLICE PENSION AND RELIEF BOARD OF DENVER v. BILLS

No. 19659.

366 P.2d 581 (1961)

POLICE PENSION AND RELIEF BOARD OF CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER and John M. Schooley, Ivan Eldher, Timothy Crow, Eugene Covello (substituted for Joseph Breuch), and James O'Donnell as Members of said Board; Thomas G. Currigan as Auditor of the City and County of Denver, State of Colorado; and City and County of Denver, a municipal corporation, Plaintiffs in Error, v. Lawrence U. BILLS, Leman Cottrell, Guy L. Countryman, Alton D. Eastis, Roger Johannsen, W. A. Lawless, Victor Lyreman, Earl Moon, Victor L. Moore, Leonard Nevin, Edgar L. Scott, Frederick L. Staab, and Edward T. Swank, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Colorado. En Banc.

As Modified on Denial of Rehearing December 11, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald E. Kelley, Horance N. Hawkins, Jr., Denver, for plaintiffs in error.

Williams, Erickson & Brown, Denver, for defendants in error.

McWILLIAMS, Justice.

The present controversy involves a determination of the legal effect of an amendment to the charter of the City and County of Denver pertaining to the retirement of policemen and approved by a majority vote at a special election held on March 20, 1956.

Prior to June 1, 1947 the retirement of police officers of Denver was governed by ordinance. However, on May 20, 1947 the people of Denver approved an amendment to the city's charter which...

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