City of Cleveland v. Legal News Publishing Co.

The city instituted suit against the defendant to recover the sum of $1,074.81 “for advertising charges in excess of the legal rate provided by statute.” Section 6251, General Code, provides:

“Publishers of newspapers may. charge and receive for the publication of advertisements # * * the following sums, except where the rate is otherwise fixed by law, to wit: For the first insertion one dollar for each square, and for each additional insertion authorized by law or the person ordering the insertion, fifty cents for each square.”

The defense rests upon an oral agreement made with the city…