Chovanak v. Matthews

This action was brought by the appellant in the district court of Lewis and Clark county for the purpose of obtaining the judgment of that court declaring Chapter 142 of the Montana Session Laws of 1945 unconstitutional and void. The respondents, as members of the state board of equalization, were made defendants in the action.

Said Chapter 142 is the law enacted by the legislative assembly of Montana in 1945 providing for the licensing by the state of slot machines owned and operated by “religious organizations, fraternal organizations, charitable, or nonprofit organizations, ’ ’ and for the…