Groves v. Byrnes

Plaintiff appealed from an order denying his motion for a new trial.

Desirous of advertising fountain pencils, defendant ran an advertisement AA’lierein prizes Avere offered to those who excelled in a word puzzle contest. It stated a movie prologue, and the contestants were to send in a list of tangible objects found therein. The advertisement included this:

“2. Will award 100 more points to Avhoever sends in the largest, nearest correct list of names of tangible objects found in the movie prologue above, formed of letters following each other in consecutive order. * * *

“3. Names of objects can…