Modla v. Tribune Publishing Company

EUBANK, Judge.

The question raised by this appeal is whether a publisher of a newspaper, in the absence of a contractual obligation, has the right to refuse advertising submitted for publication.

On April 7, 1969, Steve Modla, hereinafter referred to as “plaintiff”, filed a complaint against Tribune Publishing Company, Inc., and the Sun Valley Spur-Shopper both of Mesa, Arizona, hereinafter referred to as the “defendants”, sounding in tort alleging generally that the plaintiff was the owner of real estate located in and around the City of Mesa, Arizona; that he had advertised with the…