Braddy v. Whiteley

Upon the petition of J. W. Whiteley, the proprietor of the Gibson Record, the only newspaper published at the county site of Glascock county, the judge of the superior court granted a mandamus absolute, compelling the sheriff of that county to insert his legal advertisements in that newspaper, although there was another newspaper published in the same county at a place other than the county site, which, according to the sheriff’s answer, *747bad a larger circulation than the Gibson Record. It appeared that each paper offered to do the sheriff’s official advertising at the rates prescribed by law.…