Filson v. Johnson

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, C. J.:

The question presented in this appeal is the license fee which should be charged and paid on motor vehicles originally designed to carry persons for pleasure or business, which have been reconstructed into vehicles similar to motor trucks and used only for the transportation of groceries and other goods.

Under the statute the license fee payable on the vehicles of plaintiffs before reconstruction was $8, while the amount payable on motor trucks similar to the reconstructed ones used by the plaintiffs was $15. The county treasurer was…