Dodge v. Kings County

Appeal by plaintiffs from a judgment and an order denying a motion for new trial.

The action was brought by the appellants, printers and publishers of the Hanford Sentinel, a newspaper, to recover from Kings County the sum of $383.75 for printing and publishing the delinquent tax-list,of the defendant in June, 1901.

The publication was made by direction of the tax-collector. Under the provisions of subdivision 21 of section 25 of the County Government Act ( Stats. 1897, p. 464) the tax-collector had authority to procure such advertising, at a price no greater than that fixed by the board of…