LAKEWOOD PAWNBROKERS, INC. v. CITY OF LAKEWOOD

No. 25808.

512 P.2d 1241 (1973)

LAKEWOOD PAWNBROKERS, INC., a Colorado corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The CITY OF LAKEWOOD, Colorado, a municipal corporation, Defendant-Appellant.

Supreme Court of Colorado, En Banc.

August 7, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bowman, Shambaugh, Geissinger & Wright, Arthur S. Bowman, Denver, for plaintiff-appellee.

Raymond C. Johnson, City Atty., Douglas S. Wamsley, Deputy City Atty., Lakewood, for defendant-appellant.


KELLEY, Justice.

The City of Lakewood, a statutory city, on December 14, 1970, adopted an ordinance providing for the licensing and regulation of pawnbrokers. Lakewood Pawnbrokers, Inc., on February 25, 1971, filed a declaratory judgment action under Rule 57, Colorado Rules of Civil Procedure, challenging the constitutionality of certain provisions of the ordinance.

Paragraph 7 of the complaint alleges in part:

"That the ordinance complained of and...

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