Pierson v. . Morch
New York Court of Appeals
Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the City Court of Brooklyn, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover the amount of a reward offered by defendant in the following advertisement published by him in a New York paper: $500 Reward.— A package of 4 pairs diamond earrings, 2 gold chains, and other jewelry, on the train arriving at 6 p. or., between Jamaica, Bushwick and Hunter’s Point.
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Appeal from judgment of the General Term of the City Court of Brooklyn, affirming a judgment in favor of plaintiff, entered upon a verdict. This action was brought to recover the amount of a reward offered by defendant in the following advertisement published by him in a New York paper: $500 Reward.— A package of 4 pairs diamond earrings, 2 gold chains, and other jewelry, on the train arriving at 6 p. or., between Jamaica, Bushwick and Hunter’s Point. The finder will receive the above reward by leaving or sending his address. JACOB MORCH.” The complaint alleged that plaintiff found the…
1Opinion of the CourtDanforth, J.
The publication of an advertisement offering a reward for information respecting a loss, or the return of lost property, is a general offer, and the acceptance of it by any person who is able to give the information asked, or to return the property, creates a valid contract. This was substantially the offer in this case, although the exact promise is, that “ the finder will receive the reward by leaving or sending his address ” to the owner of the property described, at either one of two places named; but there seems to have been a compliance even with this condition, for the plaintiff says,…
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