Blytheville Courier v. McCall

In the fall of 1922 the Blytheville Courier, a newspaper published in the city of Blytheville, put on a campaign to increase its subscription list, and as an aid thereto offered prizes to those securing subscriptions. The prize offered to the one securing the largest number of subscribers was an automobile of the value of $1,975. The second prize was $300 in cash.

When the campaign was put on, rules and regulations governing it were promulgated and published in the paper. There were twenty-one of these rules, the third of which reads as follows: “3. No employee or near relative of any employee…