Boyd v. Piggly Wiggly Southern, Inc.

Eberhardt, Judge.

“The first task facing a contestant seeking to enforce rights allegedly acquired in a prize-winning contest, in a court of law or equity, is that of showing that the contest scheme was legal, for courts uniformly refuse to lend their aid in the enforcement of an illegal agreement.” Annot., Private Rights and Remedies Growing Out of Prize-Winning Contests, 87 ALR2d 649, 662, § 2 (1963). Our courts have uniformly refused to lend their aid in either law or equity to enforce contracts between promoters and participants, or to settle disputes between competing participants, where…