Coffee v. Ragsdale
Supreme Court of Georgia
Petition for mandamus. Before Judge Lumpkin. DeKalb superior court. October 19, 1900.
1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.
Theo. S. Coffee and Tipton Coffee, as the proprietors and publishers of the “DeKalb Standard,” a weekly newspaper of DeKalb county, applied for a writ of mandamus against the ordinary of DeKalb county, to compel him to publish in their paper ah of his legal advertisements and citations, both as probate judge and as the person having charge of county matters. They made the following allegations: Prior to May, 1900, the sheriff of the county had published his legal advertisements in the DeKalb New Era, another newspaper published in the county. In May, 1900, he decided to change from the New…
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