Goodhart

This is an appeal by the plaintiff from a judgment entered in favor of defendant. Upon the trial of the case by a jury, verdict in favor of plaintiff for the sum of $300 was returned, together with findings on special questions of fact submitted by the court. Defendant thereafter moved for judgment in its favor on the special findings, which motion was granted, and the judgment appealed from was then entered.

Plaintiff alleged in her complaint that in October, 1909, the Mission Publishing Company of Riverside, being the publishers of the “Morning Mission” and the “Riverside Enterprise,” offered prizes to young women who would secure the largest number of votes through a subscription contest; that the prizes were of different value and seven in number; that the defendant represented that the contest would be conducted in a fair and honest manner; that it was not so conducted ; that on or about the thirteenth day of November, 1909, and during the course of the contest, defendant, through its agents, stated to plaintiff that they knew how many votes the other contestants had, and also that they knew that the other contestants had done everything that possibly could be done; that…