Whitehead-Donovan Corp. v. Herald Publishing Co.

In accordance with statutory procedure, the petitioner sought a decree declaring it to be a newspaper of general circulation for the City of Norwalk, and the contesting newspaper filed an answer opposing such a decree. (See Gov. Code, §§ 6020-6023; 6027.) The trial court found in favor of petitioner.

The Government Code provides that whenever any official advertising, notice, resolution, order, or other matter is required by law to be published in a newspaper, such publication shall be made only in a “newspaper of general circulation” (§ 6040), and that term is defined in section 6000 as a…