Mesa Mail Publishing Co. v. Board of Supervisors

CHAMBERS, Superior Judge.

— The plaintiff appellant is the publisher of the Mesa “Daily Tribune,” a daily newspaper published in Maricopa county, Arizona. During the year 1922, the Mesa “Daily Tribune” was the official newspaper of Maricopa county, made such by a contract entered into on December 31, 1921. The controversy in this case arises over the construction of paragraphs 4840 and 4841 *523of the Civil Code of 1913. Paragraph 4840 provides that the board of supervisors of each county of the state shall make estimates of the different amounts required to meet the public expense for the ensuing…