Hanmer v. Wells-Fargo & Co. Express
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant Wells-Fargo and Co. Express, from a judgment of the County Court of Steuben county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the 12th day of July, 1915, affirming a judgment of the City Court of the City of Coming in plaintiffs’ favor, and also, as stated in the notice of appeal, from the decision of the county judge upon the said appeal to the County Court.
1Per curiam
It is unnecessary that we should decide whether section 1826 of the Penal Law, making it a felony for a public officer to receive a gratuity or reward for performing his duty as such, is applicable to the present case, as contended by appellant’s counsel, as we are of opinion that, by the great weight of authority, plaintiffs are not entitled to recover the reward in question inasmuch as all that was done by plaintiffs in apprehending and arresting the guilty person for whose arrest the reward was offered was done by them in the discharge of their duty as' police officers of the city of…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Moss v. . CohenNew York Court of Appeals · 1899
- Kick v. MerrySupreme Court of Missouri · 1856
- Gregg v. PierceNew York Supreme Court · 1860
3Cited by3 opinions
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- People v. HookerCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1967
- Sawyer v. HumphriesCourt of Special Appeals of Maryland · 1990