Shaub v. Lancaster City
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 42, July T., 1893, by plaintiff, Jacob C. Shaub, from order of C. P. Lancaster Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 3, entering judgment of nonsuit.
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Appeal, No. 42, July T., 1893, by plaintiff, Jacob C. Shaub, from order of C. P. Lancaster Co., Aug. T., 1891, No. 3, entering judgment of nonsuit. At the trial before Livingston, P. J., it appeared that on Feb. 4, 1874, the select and common councils of the city of Lancaster passed the following resolution: “ See. 2. That the mayor be and is hereby authorized and directed to offer a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of any party or parties setting fire to buildings of any description within the limits of the city, and all other resolutions in conflict herewith are…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Justice Williams,
This action was brought to recover a reward of five hundred dollars from the city of Lancaster. The court below held that the plaintiff was not entitled to recover, and entered a compulsory nonsuit. The question raised by the appeal to this court is over the liability of the city. The liability asserted is under a resolution adopted in February, A. D. 1874, by the select and common council, authorizing and directing the mayor of the city to offer a reward of five hundred dollars for the arrest and conviction of any person setting incendiary fires within the…
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