Atwood v. Armstrong
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendants, Edward J. Armstrong and Robert T. Dunlop, from a judgment of the Supreme Court in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of the county of New York on the -13th day of January, 1904, upon the decision of the court rendered after a trial at the New York Special Term.
1Opinion of the Court
Ingraham, J. :
This action was originally brought against the First National Bank of the city of New York to recover the amount of a reward offered by that bank for the arrest of a teller of the bank who was a defaulter in a large sum of money. Other claims for this reward having been made, the bank paid the amount offered into court, and the other claimants of the reward were substituted as defendants. The complaint alleges that on or about the 26th day of October, 1900, the First National Bank of the city of New York caused to be published an offer to give to any person a reward of $5,000…
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