Carr v. Summers

Crumlish, J.,

This is an action to determine plaintiff’s rights to the sum of $5,828 which he found during the course of his duty as a Philadelphia police officer. The facts are admitted.

On January 4, 1945, three men were arrested for the theft of unissued United States Government ration books which had been stored in the basement of the Board of Education Building. Several days later, the director of public safety was informed through an anonymous telephone call' that a search of the storeroom would produce additional evidence. On January 7, 1945, plaintiff, who was then and still is the…