Washington Recorder Publishing Co. v. Ernst

The Washington Recorder Publishing Company publishes, in Olympia, a daily newspaper entitled the “Daily Olympian,” which the publishing company distributes in Olympia and vicinity by approximately thirty-nine carriers, each of whom operates under a written contract between the carrier and the publishing company, which contract is in the form designated as “The Little Merchant Plan.” The contract which is used by the publishing company with its carriers reads as follows:

“The Daily Olympian Carrier’s Agreement “Route No...................

“I,…