Board of County Commissioners of Pitkin County v. Price & McChesney

Price & McChesney under their firm name were engaged in publishing a newspaper in Aspen, called the Aspen Tribune. Under the election act of 1891, the county cleric, Fishel, sent the official ticket with its various emblems to tbe Tribune office and ordered its publication. It is conceded tbe clerk had the authority to give the order and that under-it the Tribune published the ticket for the statutory time and one additional day under the clerk’s direction. After the publication was completed Price & McChesney presented their bill to the board of county commissioners, which was *520disallowed.…