Taft v. Hyatt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Porter, J.:

The controversy is between rival claimants for a reward offered for the apprehension of a criminal. The suit is an equitable one instituted by the persons who offered the reward and who alleged that they were threatened with litigation by different parties claiming it; that one or more of the defendants were entitled to the money, which the plaintiffs brought into court; and asked that defendants be required to set up their respective claims.

On May 16, 1917, it became known in the city of Parsons that Agnes Smith, the wife of Dr. Asa Smith,…