York Gazette Co. v. York County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, March T., 1904, by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. York Co., April T., 1903, No. 17, on case stated in suit of York Gazette Company, Limited, v. York County. Case stated to determine the liability of a county for publication of a general election. The facts appear by the opinion of the Superior Court. The court below in an opinion by Bittenger, P. J., entered judgment for defendant on the case stated. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Oklady, J.,
This action is brought to recover $374.10, from the county of York, for the publication in the plaintiff’s newspaper on October 24, 1902, of the sheriff’s election proclamation for the general election on November 4, 1902.
It appears by the case stated that the sheriff caused the same proclamation to be published in ten other newspapers in York county. The space occupied in each issue amounted to 3,741 lines, and the rate charged therefor was ten cents a line, which is the regular and usual rate in said county for like publications. That bills for the publication of said…
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