Vantura v. Montana Liquor Control Board

This proceeding is for a declaratory judgment under sections 9835.1 to 9835.16, Revised Codes, inclusive. The pleadings disclose that plaintiff, a resident of East Helena, has applied for a license to sell intoxicating liquors at retail in that town for the year 1942 and has tendered a license fee of $200 which is the fee that he has paid every year for the past five years. Defendants are willing to grant a license, but only upon condition that plaintiff pay a fee of $600. The pleadings disclose that plaintiff’s premises are within five miles of.the city of Helena. The population of the city…