Norris v. Wyoming County Times
New York Supreme Court
Action in equity to intercept moneys due for publishing the session laws of 1899, upon the ground that the contesting defendants’ newspaper, the Wyoming County Times, had not been legally designated by a majority of the Democratic supervisors of Wyoming county, as claimed by the defendants, and that the designation of the plaintiffs’ newspaper, the Democrat-Review, by the Democratic supervisors the preceding year, holds good for the succeeding year of 1899.
1Opinion of the CourtKruse, J.
The plaintiffs’ newspaper, the Democrat-Review, was designated by the Democratic supervisors of Wyoming county at the'annual session of the Board of Supervisors in 1897, as the Democratic newspaper to publish the session laws of the next succeeding year. The plaintiffs published the laws of the year 1898, and also the laws of 1899, contending that a majority of the Democratic supervisors had failed to make such a designation in 1898 for the year 1899, and that the designation made for the preceding year held good for the year 1899, and that, therefore, they are entitled to compensation from…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- People ex rel. Union & Advertiser Co. v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1891
- People ex rel. Donnelly v. RiggsNew York Supreme Court · 1897
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