Elkhorn Valley Lodge No. 57, I. O. O. F. v. Hudson

An action was commenced by the plaintiff, defendant in error, for the recovery of the amount offered as a reward for the finding and recovery of the body of one Barrett Scott. the defendant, an organization or lodge of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, admitted in its answer the offering of the reward, and pleaded that it was ready to pay the same to whomsoever was found to be entitled thereto, and that it bad been notified by others that they claimed a pro rata share of the reward. A number intervened on the trial of the case in the court below. The jury returned a verdict in favor of…