Davidson v. Times Printing Co.

Citations

• 63 Wash. 577
• 116 P. 18
• 1911 Wash. LEXIS 1247

Syllabus

<p>Rewards — Conditions oj? Oiter — Decision op Disputes — Conclusiveness. Where a newspaper’s advertising reward was offered upon condition that it should he the sole judge of any dispute and that its decision must he accepted as final, an action cannot be maintained by one claiming the reward, where the fact of his earning the reward was disputed, and the paper investigated the claim and rejected it, especially in the absence of fraud.</p> <p>Same — Earning op Reward — Fraud. Where a newspaper offered a reward of $500 to the person who would first arrest one whose pictures were published in the paper, the paper to be the sole judge of disputes arising or the interpretation of the rules of the contest, the paper is justified in denying the claim of one who made the arrest through information obtained by collusion with an unfaithful servant of the person sought, on the ground of unfair dealing.</p> <p>Dunbar, C. J., and Gose, J., dissent.</p>