William Gillmore and Jean Gillmore v. Procter & Gamble Company

Plaintiffs-appellants, William and Jean Gillmore, sued defendant-appellee, Procter & Gamble Company, for the sum of $47,500. Their complaint alleged that such amount was due them as winners of a contest initiated by Procter & Gamble to promote sales of its product Oxydol. The contest was called “Oxydol’s $75,000 Traveler’s Game Contest” and blanks to be completed by those intending to participate in the contest were distributed in Kansas where plaintiffs reside. The contest consisted of matching various “clues” set out in the rules of the game to a list of cities of the world also listed in…