In Re David

This is an application under section 4460 et seq. of the Political Code to have the standing of the “Journal of Commerce” as a newspaper of general circulation, as that term is defined in section 4460, ascertained and established.

The material allegations of the petition are as follows:

Thereafter and prior to the time fixed for the hearing, the contestant, A. McDowell, a citizen, resident and taxpayer of the city of Los Angeles, filed a contest to said petition, alleging “that said newspaper was not -published for the dissemination of local news or intelligence of a general character, but on the contrary, said newspaper was devoted to the interest and published for the entertainment and instruction of a particular class, profession, trade or calling or for a number of such classes, professions, trades, or callings, to-wit: to the interest and for the entertainment and instruction of persons engaged in or connected with the construction and building industry of Southern California, and that such was the avowed purpose of such newspaper and of the publishers thereof, and the contestant further alleges that the newspaper did not disseminate local news or intelligence of á general…