Lewis v. Board of County Commissioners
South Dakota Supreme Court
Appeal from Circuit Court, Brown County. Hon. .Frank Anhgrson, Judge. Application by Vincent C. Lewis, against the Board of County 'Commissioners of Brown County, South Dakota, for a writ of certiorari, to review the action of said Board in rescinding and cancelling the designation by it of relator’s newspaper as an official County newspaper and appointing in lieu thereof another official newspaper.
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Appeal from Circuit Court, Brown County. Hon. .Frank Anhgrson, Judge. Application by Vincent C. Lewis, against the Board of County 'Commissioners of Brown County, South Dakota, for a writ of certiorari, to review the action of said Board in rescinding and cancelling the designation by it of relator’s newspaper as an official County newspaper and appointing in lieu thereof another official newspaper. From such rescinding order, relator appealed to the circuit court; andi from the judgment of said court refusing to set aside the rescinding order, relator appeals. (r) To point one of the…
1Opinion of the CourtPolley, P. J.
The defendants in this action are the members of the board of county commissioners of Brown county. At the regular January, 1920, meeting said board designated the Brown ’County Journal as one of the official newspapers, of said county for the year 1920. Plaintiff, wjho is the owner, editor, and publisher of said newspaper, accepted the appointment, and said newspaper, became and was one of the official newspapers of said county and continued to be such until the 2d day of June, *61920, when said' board at an adjourned April meeting, without any notice to plaintiff, adopted a resolution as follows-:
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