Mehrens v. Bauman

Peter Mehrens and W. F. Poff, plaintiffs, began this suit in the district court for Douglas county, as residents and taxpayers therein, to enjoin Otto Bauman, as county treasurer of Douglas county, from retaining 25 cents which each applicant for a license to operate a motor vehicle is required to pay to the county treasurer for the service rendered pursuant to the provisions of section 6, chapter 148, Laws 1929. The court sustained the defendant’s demurrer and thereupon the suit was dismissed. The plaintiffs, alleging error, have brought the record here to have it reviewed.

In 1929 the…