Sperry & Hutchinson Co. v. Hoegh

The central question presented by this appeal is the constitutionality of the gift enterprise statutes (sections 553.15 to 553.18, Code, 19'50) as applied to plaintiff’s trading stamp business. Section 553.15, Code, 1950, prohibits all “gift enterprises, as hereinafter defined” and section 553.16, Code, 1950, defines the term “gift enterprise” in one of the longest sentences in the Code, filled with abundant legal phraseology, to mean a scheme whereby a seller of merchandise would issue trading stamps to purchasers redeemable by someone other than the seller.* Section 553.17 provides for…