Brown v. Bradlee
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Contract for the amount of a reward. The declaration alleged that the defendants, on or about November 22, 1889, by public advertisement, offered a reward, signed by them as u Selectmen of Milton,” to any person furnishing evidence that would lead to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot Edward Cunningham on November 21, 1889, by inserting “ the same in various newspapers, and placarding it by written or printed posters in various public places; that the…
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Contract for the amount of a reward. The declaration alleged that the defendants, on or about November 22, 1889, by public advertisement, offered a reward, signed by them as u Selectmen of Milton,” to any person furnishing evidence that would lead to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot Edward Cunningham on November 21, 1889, by inserting “ the same in various newspapers, and placarding it by written or printed posters in various public places; that the plaintiff, seeing the same and relying on the terms thereof, devoted his time and energies to procuring such evidence, and…
1Opinion of the CourtHolmes, J.
This is an action to recover a reward which was offered in writing in the following terms : —
“ $2,500 reward will be paid to any person furnishing evidence that will lead to the arrest and conviction of the person who shot Mr. Edward Cunningham, November 21, 1889.
“ J. Walter Bradlee, ] Selectmen T. Edwin Ruggles, > of J. Albert Simpson, J Milton.
“ Milton, Nov. 22, 1889.”
The main questions reserved by the report are really questions as to the construction of this instrument, namely, whether the defendants bound themselves personally by it, and what evidence would warrant a finding that the…
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