Van Der Burg v. Bailey

Sioux County, Iowa, is entitled, by reason of its population, to three official newspapers in which the official proceedings of its board of supervisors shall be published. Applications were filed with the county auditor by six newspapers of Sioux County. Two of said newspapers, to wit, the Alton Democrat and the Hawarden Independent, had been selected in conformity to statute, prior to the instant contest between the Hospers Tribune, published by John W. Van der Burg, the Boyden Reporter, published by Willis G. Van der Burg, plaintiffs and appellants, and the Orange City Journal, published…