Times Printing Co. v. Star Publishing Co.

Citations

• 51 Wash. 667
• 99 P. 1040
• 1909 Wash. LEXIS 1252

Syllabus

<p>Newspapers — What Constitutes — Contents. The noon edition of a newspaper, of eight pages, 18 inches by 23, issued regularly every day, containing telegraphic, sporting, political and theatrical news, advertisements and editorials, with an average daily circulation of over one thousand copies, sold on the street, without a subscription list at the time of submitting its bid, is a newspaper, in contemplation of our statutes relating to city printing.</p> <p>Evidence — Judicial Notice — Population. . The court will take judicial notice of the population of its cities as shown by a pamphlet issued under the auspices of the state, and of the approximate increase since the date of such issue.</p> <p>Newspapers •— What Constitutes • — ■ General Circulation. A newspaper published in a city having a population of 275,000, having an average daily circulation of 1,000 copies, sold on the street, and a subscription list of 360, at the time of the acceptance of its bid, but with no circulation in the residence districts and rarely seen in business or professional offices, is not a newspaper of general circulation, within the meaning of charter provisions requiring city printing to be let to such papers; and the city is properly enjoined from entering into a contract for public printing awarded by the city council to such a paper (Fullerton and Chadwick, JJ., dissenting).</p>