State ex rel. Meyers v. Spencer

The plaintiff, who was a money-broker, as such applied to the defendant, being the collector of Jasper county, for a license to act as broker. When he made the application he delivered to the defendant a statement in writing, verified by oath, showing the *343amount of business expected to be done and the capital to be employed, such capital being $5,000, on which the State tax for the license was $50, which he tendered to the collector. But the collector refused to deliver the license unless the plaintiff would also pay $100 more as the county tax on such license.

The plaintiff applied for a…