Felker v. Board of County Commissioners
Supreme Court of Kansas
Error from Elk district court; Granville P. Airman, judge.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Johnston, C. J. :
D. L. Felker caused the arrest of two persons charged with grand larceny in Elk county, and they were subsequently adjudged guilty of petit larceny. For this service Felker presented a claim against the county, based on a wholesale offer of reward made by the board of county commissioners of Elk county over two years before the-arrest was made. The board had undertaken to offer and pledge the county to pay a reward of fifty dollars to any one, other than an officer of Elk county, for the arrest and conviction of any person guilty of a…
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