Cory v. Hamilton
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Sac District Cowi. — Hon. J. H. Maoomber, Judge. This proceeding grows out of the failure of the hoard of supervisors of Sac county to select a newspaper published by plaintiff as one of the official papers of the county. An appeal was taken from the action of the board, and a trial in the district court resulted in a judgment awarding to the plaintiff the county printing as against the defendant Hamilton. One third of the costs were taxed to the plaintiff.
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Appeal from Sac District Cowi. — Hon. J. H. Maoomber, Judge. This proceeding grows out of the failure of the hoard of supervisors of Sac county to select a newspaper published by plaintiff as one of the official papers of the county. An appeal was taken from the action of the board, and a trial in the district court resulted in a judgment awarding to the plaintiff the county printing as against the defendant Hamilton. One third of the costs were taxed to the plaintiff. Each party appeals, the appeal of Hamilton being first perfected.
1Opinion of the Court
Bobinson, 0. J.
I. The action of the board of supervisors of which the plaintiff complains is shown 1.County printing: award: appeal. by a transcript of the minute book of the. board as follows:
“Auditob’s Office, January 8, 1890.
“Afternoon Session.
“The time having arrived for awarding the contract for the county, printing for the ensuing year, and the editors of the various newspapers in the county being apprised of the matter, and there being three applications made by three papers in the county, viz., the Sac Sun, the Sac County Democrat, and the Odebolt Chronicle, on motion of H. H. Fitch…
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