MacFarlane v. Bloch
Oregon Supreme Court
From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Eakin. This is an action by Katherine MacFarlane against M. M. Bloch. The facts as brought out at the trial are as follows: On July 21, 1908, plaintiff found a pocketbook containing promissory notes of the value of more than $1,000, payable to M. M. Bloch, this defendant.
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From Multnomah: Robert G. Morrow, Judge. Statement by Mr. Chief Justice Eakin. This is an action by Katherine MacFarlane against M. M. Bloch. The facts as brought out at the trial are as follows: On July 21, 1908, plaintiff found a pocketbook containing promissory notes of the value of more than $1,000, payable to M. M. Bloch, this defendant. For several days thereafter plaintiff was sick and did little or nothing toward finding the owner, except to consult the “Lost and Found” columns of the daily press; and also her son phoned to Bloch, the jeweler. On July 31st, defendant advertised in the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Eakin.
1. There is no liability upon an offer of a reward to any one who performs some specific act until the act stipulated has been performed, but the offer is to be construed by the same rules as other contractual offers.
2. Counsel for defendant contends that to entitle plaintiff to the reward it must be made to appear that she found the book after the offer was made, and that the finding was with a view to obtaining the reward. The courts are divided as to whether knowledge of the offer, at the time of the performance of the act, is essential to the right to the…
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