Sproat-Temple Theatre Corp. v. ColoniaL Theatrical Enterprise, Inc.

In this cause the facts have been stipulated. Both parties operate theatres on Woodward avenue in the city of Detroit. The defendants evolved a scheme for the giving away of cash prizes to their patrons without extra cost to them and limited to those attending the theatre. Each purchaser of an admission ticket to the Colonial or Majestic theatres was given a coupon ticket bearing duplicate numbers, one-half of each coupon ticket being dropped in a barrel by the purchaser and the other half retained by him; and at an advertised time the barrel containing the coupon tickets was taken upon the…