West v. Luttrell

Appellant, the owner of the only newspaper published in the town of Bronte, instituted this proceeding against appellees for a writ of mandamus to compel the city council of said town of Bronte to publish in his paper its annual financial statement as required by article 1023, Rev. St., to publish all ordinances enacted as required by article 1013, and to require the city council to contract with him for his paper to be the official paper of said town of Bronte, as provided in article 1025. The trial court sustained ap-pellees’ general demurrer to appellant’s petition, and, upon his refusal…