Ryer v. Stockwell
California Supreme Court
Appeal from the Fifth District. A demurrer was put in, that the complaint did not state a cause of action; and, that the cause of action did not accrue within two years. The Court below sustained the demurrer, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtBaldwin, J.
This action is brought to recover the amount of a certain reward offered by the defendant for information that would lead to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who set fire to the defendant’s house, in the north part of the city of Stockton, on the morning of the 18th of June, 1856. This reward was offered by publication in a newspaper. The complaint after setting- out this publication, charges that the plaintiff saw and read the notice, and proceeded on the faith of it to institute inauiries and investigations with regard to the persons who set fire to the house of defendant,…
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