Butters v. the Brawley Star

By this action plaintiff seeks specific performance of an agreement to deliver a certain Overland automobile, or the payment of the sum of $795, the value thereof, if delivery cannot be made, and general relief.

From the record we gather that defendants were the publishers of a newspaper called the “Brawley Star,” at Brawley, Imperial County; that during a certain period— from May 13, 1916, to June 24, 1916, both dates inclusive— they conducted what is commonly known as a newspaper subscription contest, for the purpose of securing paid subscriptions for said newspaper; that as an inducement…