Wisner v. Morrill County

Wheeler, District Judge.

This action involves a dispute between a newspaper proprietor and Morrill county, Nebraska, over the proper charge for printing a delinquent tax list. The appellant, Morrill county, claims that the printing charge is governed by section 6052, Comp. St. 1922. This statute is a part of the revenue law, and after providing for the publication of the delinquent tax list states: “The treasurer shall add to each description of land so advertised, other than town lots, the sum of twenty cents and for each town lot the sum of ten cents, to defray the expense of advertising,…