Jeffery, County Judge v. Trevathan

Ed. F. McFaddin, Justice.

The Publicity Act (Initiative Act No. 2 of 1914) is involved on this appeal, as also are questions of res judicata and Mandamus.

Appellee Trevathan (plaintiff below) owns and publishes a newspaper in Independence county, known as “Batesville News Review.” Appellant Jeffery is the County Judge of Independence county, and the other appellants are all of the other members of the Quorum Court. They were the defendants in the Circuit Court. The plaintiff filed a complaint praying for a writ of mandamus to compel the defendants as the Quorum Court to make certain…