Wachtel v. National Alfalfa Journal Co.
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Chickasaw District Court. — H. E. Taylor, Judge. Action for damages, resulting in a judgment in favor of plaintiff for nominal damages. She appeals. —
1Opinion of the CourtStevens, J.
l damages-speculative-newspaper contest. — The defendant, The National Alfalfa Journal Company, is a corporation, having a place of business at Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Some time prior to April 2, 1917, defendant offered prizes to persons residing’ in 42 counties of this state who would engage in a contest for subscriptions to the Alfalfa Journal, The territory was divided into 4 districts, and 49 prizes were to be awarded to contestants receiving the largest number of votes in each district, based upon the number of subscriptions obtained, and also a Hudson Super-Six seven-passenger…
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