Democrat Publishing Co. v. Lewis
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Lucas District Court. — Hon. H. C. Traverse, Judge. The plaintiff company is the publisher of the Chariton Democrat, published in Lucas county. The Chariton Patriot and the Chariton Herald are also published in that county, the Patriot being published by the defendant Lewis.
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Appeal from Lucas District Court. — Hon. H. C. Traverse, Judge. The plaintiff company is the publisher of the Chariton Democrat, published in Lucas county. The Chariton Patriot and the Chariton Herald are also published in that county, the Patriot being published by the defendant Lewis. Each, under the law as to county printing, filed with the county auditor certified statements of bona fide subscribers, and the board of supervisors selected- the Herald and Patriot, and awarded to them the printing. Thé plaintiff company appeal.
1Opinion of the CourtG-ranger, C. J.
The selection of the Herald as one of the papers to do the county printing is conceded to be correct, and it is not involved in the controversy. To the certified statement of subscribers, as filed by the plaintiff company, the publisher of the Patriot • filed charges of fraud, and the board of supervisors, in its investigation of the charges, received and considered a large number of ex parte affidavits offered to sustain the charge of fraud. At the trial in the district court, one hundred and seventeen such affidavits were admitted in evidence, against the objection of plaintiff as…
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