Legal Opinion

Fulton County Pub. Co. v. Common Council of City of Johns Town

New York Supreme Court

Decided March 15, 1916Published

Application by the Fulton County Publishing Company for a writ of mandamus against the Common Council of the City of Johnstown. Peremptory writ granted.

1Opinion of the CourtWhitmyfr, J.

The Fulton County Publishing Company, a corporation which owns and publishes the Fulton County Democrat, a weekly newspaper, of the city of Johnstown, N. Y., is asking for a peremptory writ of mandamus, requiring the common council of said city to recognize the designation, made by the Democratic members of said council on April 27, 1915, and May 8, 1915, of said paper as one of the two official newspapers of said city, and to cause all notices, ordinances, by-laws, rules, and regulations of said council and of all boards and officials of said city to be published therein, and for such *1060other…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. People Ex Rel. Keene v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Court of Appeals · 1894
  2. People Ex Rel. Hetfield v. Trustees of the Fort EdwardNew York Court of Appeals · 1877
  3. Troy Press Co. v. Clerk of the Board of SupervisorsAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1904
  4. People Ex Rel. Bonheur v. . ChristNew York Court of Appeals · 1913
  5. People ex rel. Union & Advertiser Co. v. Board of SupervisorsNew York Supreme Court · 1891

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