TON VICTOR
! OVER BROWN IN
HR SUIT
fiigh Court Solves Warm
Contest For State’s
Printing
(STATE CAP1TAI
; MONTGOMERY,
TJie'supreme court of Ati
;beaid
J»n. 24.-*
i'«sa* Thurs
day upheld the writ of maudamug is
Jaed by the Montgomery circuit court
gainst J. H. Steward clerk of the
■labnma house of representatives, com
manding him to deliver to the Wilaon
Printing company of Montgomery copy
$f the house joOrna! of 192% The Wil
ton Printing company requested the
writ in order to have advantage of a
•ontraet entered into with the state
board of administration for the pub
fc printing and binding for the year
eginniug October 1, 1923.
. The Brown Printing company also, of
Montgomery contested this claim of
tlie Wilson Printing company, the for
mer claiming that they had the right
so print the house journal under their
tontract tor the state printing for
the year begipning October 1,1922, and
(nding September 30, 1923.
4 The • opinion written by Associate'
Justice Sayre, recites that the respond
at Stewart filed with the secretary of
itate a copy of the house journal on
October 27, 1923, 20-od<f days after
file Wilson contract had gqfie into ef
fect. It is admitted that liarts of the
house journal liad been delivered to the
Brown Printing company during the
life of their contract, but the opin
ion held that such facts Were unavail
ing against the fact that-rthe journal
Was not completed for submission to
the secretary of state until after the
\ViIson contract had gon^into effect.
