Tobin v. McComb
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Webb County; J. F. Mullally, Judge. Action by T. M. Mills and another against Robert McComb and others, in which John W. Tobin and others were impleaded. From a judgment for a part of plaintiffs and defendants, Tobin and others appeal.
1Opinion of the Court
This was a suit for a reward offered for the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who murdered G. J. Levytansky at Laredo, Tex., in December, 1911.
T. M. Mills and Edwin F. Vanderbilt filed the suit against Robert McComb, W. H. Gilmore, Robert Rumsey, James McGloin, Mike Brennan, Gonzalo Eguillor, Fernando Vasquez, and Sam McKenzie, alleging that, knowing of such offer of reward and acting thereon, they had caused the arrest and conviction of Lonnie Franks and J. B. Compton for the said crime. They sought to recover the full sum of $2,500 from McComb, who offered the reward. The…
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