Ashton v. Stoy
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Guthrie District Court. — Hon. J. H. Apple-gate, Judge. The plaintiffs are the publishers of the Guthrian a weekly newspaper published in Guthrie county. In January, 1893, they applied to the board of supervisors of that county to have their newspaper selected as one of the official newspapers of the county under the provisions of section 307 of the Code.
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Appeal from Guthrie District Court. — Hon. J. H. Apple-gate, Judge. The plaintiffs are the publishers of the Guthrian a weekly newspaper published in Guthrie county. In January, 1893, they applied to the board of supervisors of that county to have their newspaper selected as one of the official newspapers of the county under the provisions of section 307 of the Code. The hoard denied the application, and selected the Guthrie Times, a weekly newspaper published in the county by the defendant. From the decision the plaintiffs appealed to the district court. That tribunal found in favor of the…
1Opinion of the CourtRobinson, J.
The list of subscribers within the county filed by the plaintiffs contained nine hundred and eighty-six names, of which ninety-one were stricken out by the court, leaving eight hundred and ninety-five which were counted as those of bona fide yearly subscribers for the Guthrian. The list filed by the defendant contained one thousand and twelve names, of which ,one hundred and nineteen were stricken out, leaving eight hundred and ninety-three to be counted for the Times, or two less than the number counted for the other paper.
1 2 I. In the district court the defendant filed a motion to require…
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