Mobil Oil Corporation v. Danforth

DONNELLY, Presiding Judge.

In this suit for declaratory judgment and injunctive relief, the trial court declared that plaintiff’s promotional game “International Flags” is not a lottery under Art. Ill, § 39(9), Const, of Mo. 1945, V.A.M.S., and § 563.430, RSMo 1959, V.A.M.S. (As amended Laws 1963, p. 684, § 1), and permanently enjoined and restrained defendant “from directly or indirectly interfering with or impairing or hindering plaintiff from conducting its promotional game * * Defendant appealed.

The rules of the proposed game provide that a licensed driver of an automobile may participate…