Pruitt v. Miller

Assumpsit by Russell Miller against William Pruitt on a count for money had and received, &c. Plea, non assumpsit. Jury trial; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff, and new trial refused.

*17The facts of the case are substantially these: A reward of 200 dollars was offered, in December, 1850, by the county of Franklin, in this state, for the apprehension and delivery to the sheriff of said county of Joseph Emsiveller, who was charged with the murder of Chauncey Jenks. Russell Miller thereupon went to New Orleans in pursuit of Emsweller, succeeded in arresting and bringing him on the way to…