Blain & Kelly v. Pacific Express Co.

Stayton, Associate Justice.

The appellants brought this action to recover five thousand dollars, which they claimed as a reward offered for the arrest of one Tiller and his unknown accomplice who were charged with having stolen or embezzled a large sum of money from the express company.

The proclamation offering the reward was copied into the petition, and qlosed with the following words: “A reward of five thousand dollars will be paid for their arrest, and two per cent, of all money recovered,”

This was signed by “E. M. Morseman, vice president and general manager,” and by “ L. A. Fuller, Supt.…