LYONS v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS

No. 36,196.

241 Minn. 439 (1954)

HUGH L. LYONS AND ANOTHER v. CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS AND OTHERS.

Supreme Court of Minnesota.

March 19, 1954.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hadlick & Diessner, for appellants.

John F. Bonner, City Attorney, and Palmer B. Rasmusson, Assistant City Attorney, for respondents.


NELSON, JUSTICE.

This proceeding was brought under the uniform declaratory judgments act, M.S.A. c. 555, to determine the validity of the license-fee schedules imposed under Minneapolis City Charter and Ordinances (Perm. ed.) 31:5 and 47:7. Plaintiffs contend that these license fees applicable to gasoline filling stations are unreasonable and invalid on the ground that they constitute a revenue-producing measure amounting to a tax. Plaintiffs, as copartners, have...

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