Ward v. Butler

Henry Ward, plaintiff in error, who was defendant below, was county treasurer of Cherokee county, Oklahoma, and O. E. Butler, defendant in error, who was plaintiff ‘below, was owner and publisher of the Arrow Democrat, a weekly newspaper published in said Cherokee county. The county treasurer was also the owner, editor, and publisher of the Repub lican Star, another weekly newspaper published in Cherokee county.

It appears from (he record that the hoard, of county commissioners had awarded the county printing to the Arrow Democrat, and also,-by resolution, had instructed the county treasurer…