Erickson v. North Dakota State Fair Asso.

Plaintiff brought this action claiming damages for breach of contract. The case was tried to the court. The defendants had judgment and plaintiff appeals.

The defendant is a domestic corporation engaged in the business of holding state fairs. In 1923 it held a fair at Fargo, North Dakota. It advertised a horse race to be run at this fair and offered a substantial purse to the winner thereof. The plaintiff owned a race horse. In response to the advertised offer of the defendant he entered this horse to run in the race, paid the entrance fee, and took his horse to Fargo to contend. The defendant…