Lee v. Trustees of Flemingsburg

This writ of error brings up for revision a judgment rendered against Richard R. Lee, in an action of as-sumpsit, prosecuted by him against the Trustees of the Town of Flemingsburg, for two hundred dollars, claimed by him for apprehending a felon, who had been guilty of homicide in that town, and for whose apprehension the Trustees thereof had, as alleged in the declaration, offered a reward of two hundred dollars.

Whether the Trustees could bind their corporate funds by any such contract as that described in this case, would be an important and interesting question. But that question will not…