Hileman v. Borough of West Elizabeth Council

Opinion by

Stadtfeld, J.,

This was an action in assumpsit by James P. Hileman against The Borough of West Elizabeth Council, and the individual members thereof, J. B. Abraham, Burgess, W. V. Valenson, Constable, and William Braum and Edward Braum, to recover a reward in the sum of five hundred dollars alleged to have been offered by Braum Bros., or by William and Edward Braum, for the arrest and conviction of the murderers of August Braum, Jr., and for the recovery of a reward of the same amount as offered by resolution of the Borough Council of West Elizabeth for the same services. The case…