City of Elvins v. De Priest

L. F. COTTEY, Special Judge.

The City of Elvins has an ordinance levying an annual tax on locally owned motor vehicles, the payment of which is to be evidenced by a sticker which “must be displayed on the lower right hand side of the windshield, as near the lower right hand corner as possible.” Whoever shall fail to comply with the provisions of the ordinance “shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be fined.” Appellant paid the prescribed tax, obtained the sticker *23and attached it to the windshield of his car, but admittedly not “as near the lower right hand corner…