Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of South Bend v. Railway Ticket Protective Bureau
Appellate Court of Illinois
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. John H. Hume, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Baume
The Board of Trustees of the Police Pension Fund of South Bend, Indiana, brought suit in the Municipal Court against the Railway Ticket Protective Bureau, F. C. Donald, Chairman, to recover a reward of $1,000, offered by the defendant for the “apprehension, identification and delivery to the sheriff of Hardin County, Ohio, or to a duly constituted authority,” of one R. A. Caver, who was accused of having burglarized a number of railroad ticket offices. A trial by the court without a jury resulted in a finding and judgment against the defendant for the amount sued for and this writ of error is…
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- Strauss v. American Exchange National Bank of New YorkAppellate Court of Illinois · 1897
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