Bloomfield Davis County Messenger v. Bloomfield Democrat

Albert, J.-

I. For a number of years prior to June, 1920, there were two papers published at Bloomfield, Davis County, Iowa, known as The Bloomfield Democrat and The Davis County Republican. Owing to the scarcity and high cost of print paper, and the high cost of labor, it was deemed best by the management of these respective papers that they be combined, and issued as one paper. An agreement was made between the publishers, the material part of which was that each publisher and owner should continue to own and edit his own paper, although the paper was to be issued as a joint paper, under the…