Bellingham American Publishing Co. v. Bellingham Publishing Co.

This action presents a controversy over which of two newspapers shall have the public printing of the city of Bellingham for the year 1927. To the complaint and supplemental complaint, a demurrer was sustained. From the judgment dismissing the action, the plaintiff appeals.

The appellant, Bellingham American Publishing Company, is a corporation and is the owner and publisher of the Bellingham American, a daily newspaper. The respondent, the Bellingham Publishing Company, is á corporation and is -the owner and publisher of the Bellingham Herald, also a daily newspaper.. The charter of the city…