Long v. Chronicle Publishing Co.

This action was brought by plaintiff against the defendant for the value of an automobile alleged to be the sum of $1,995, which was offered by the defendant as a second prize in a newspaper subscription contest.

The facts may be briefly stated as follows: The defendant published in its newspaper a general offer by which it agreed to give certain designated prizes to the winners of a subscription contest, and provided rules governing same, among which were provisions to the effect that “cash must accompany all orders”; that the contest would be under the personal supervision of two or more…