Lovejoy v. Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal from the Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henby M. Ramey, Judge. (1) A reward for the “ apprehension and conviction” of the perpetrator of a crime is not earned unless the person claiming the reward has either by himself or his agent arrested the perpetrator and secured the evidence necessary for a conviction. Jwiiata Co. v. McDonald, 15 Atl.
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Appeal from the Buchanan Circuit Court. — Hon. Henby M. Ramey, Judge. (1) A reward for the “ apprehension and conviction” of the perpetrator of a crime is not earned unless the person claiming the reward has either by himself or his agent arrested the perpetrator and secured the evidence necessary for a conviction. Jwiiata Co. v. McDonald, 15 Atl. Rep. 696; Shuey v. United States, 92 H. S. 73; Fverman v. Hyman, 28 N. E. Rep. 1022; Aclciir v. Cooper, 24 Tex. 548; Burke v. Wells, Fargo Co., 50 Cal. 218; Plantin v. Young. 11 Rich. S. 0. 546; Jones v. Bank, 4 Seld. 228; Reinhart v. City of…
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, P. J.
— This is an action by plaintiff against defendant to recover a reward offered by the latter. The petition alleged that defendant by publicly posted notices offered a reward of $1,000 for the apprehension and, conviction of each of the parties who fired into its train at Cooledge, Kansas, and that plaintiff apprehended and- caused and procured to be apprehended and convicted one of said parties who fired into defendant’s train, etc. The answer was a general denial. There was judgment for plaintiff and defendant appealed.
The facts which the evidence tends to prove are that, in the year 1883,…
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