Pollard v. Montana Liquor Control Board

Plaintiff, a liquor dealer in Rocker, Montana, was advised by defendant board that his license fee for the year 1942 would be $600. He, deeming the proper fee to be $200, tendered that amount to the board, which was refused. This action was then brought in the district court to obtain a declaratory judgment to determine the rights of the parties. Additional parties defendant were brought into the case. As to all of them the board contended their fee should be $600, whereas they contended the proper fee for each of them was $200. Some of them paid the sum of $600 under protest on the agreement…