Legal Opinion
Reynolds v. Eagle Pencil Co.
New York Court of Appeals
Decided May 29, 1941PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtLewis, J.
The plaintiff demands judgment for the amount of a reward offered by the defendant for information leading to the arrest and conviction of any person responsible for an assault committed upon the plaintiff himself and upon another person named in the offer. The defendant, by its answer, admits that it offered the reward but denies an allegation in the plaintiff’s complaint that in giving information which led to the arrest and conviction of his assailants he acted upon defendant’s offer.
This issue of fact, among others tendered by the pleadings, was tried without a jury in Municipal Court of…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Fitch v. . SnedakerNew York Court of Appeals · 1868
- Karl v. State of New YorkNew York Court of Appeals · 1939
- Williams v. West Chicago Street RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1901
- Larkin v. New York Telephone Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1917
- Gang v. GangNew York Court of Appeals · 1930
3Cited by5 opinions
- Glover v. Jewish War Veterans of United StatesDistrict of Columbia Court of Appeals · 1949
- Rheinhauer v. De KriegesCity of New York Municipal Court · 1946
- Braun v. Northeast Stations & Services Inc.Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1983
- Lapp v. LappNew York Court of Appeals · 1941
- Reynolds v. Eagle Pencil CompanyNew York Court of Appeals · 1941