Stephens v. City of Memphis

CARNEY, Presiding Judge.

The Plaintiff below, Charles Quitman Stephens, brought suit against the several Defendants to recover rewards offered by them for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the murderer of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr. King was shot to death from ambush at the Loraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee, on April 4, 1968.

The Chancellor found that the rewards offered by the Appellees were:(1) Memphis Publishing Company . . . $50,000.00(2) Memphis Chamber of Commerce, Downtown Association and Future Memphis, Inc. 25,000.00(3) Mrs. Wells Awsumb . 1,000.00(4) National…