Mitchell v. Abbott
Supreme Judicial Court of Maine
On report. Assumpsit to recover a reward of one thousand dollars, offered for the detection of the murderers of treasurer Barron, of the Dexter Savings Bank. The offer of reward was as follows : " $1000, Reward. On the 22d, instant, Dexter Savings Bank was entered, treasurer Barron murdered, and an unsuccessful attempt made to rob the safe, less than one hundred dollars taken.
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On report. Assumpsit to recover a reward of one thousand dollars, offered for the detection of the murderers of treasurer Barron, of the Dexter Savings Bank. The offer of reward was as follows : " $1000, Reward. On the 22d, instant, Dexter Savings Bank was entered, treasurer Barron murdered, and an unsuccessful attempt made to rob the safe, less than one hundred dollars taken. The trustees of the bank do hereby offer a reward of' one thousand dollars for the detection of the murderers, or any one of them. A. F. Bradbury, President.” The offer of reward ivas published at Dexter, February 23,,…
1Opinion of the CourtWiswell, J.
The plaintiff alleges that on the twenty-third day of February, 1878, the defendants published an offer of a reward; that upon the thirty-first day of March, 1890, the plaintiff performed the service which entitled him to the reward in accordance with the terms of the offer.
Various objections to the maintenance of the suit are suggested and argued by the defendants’ counsel. It is only necessary to consider one, which, we think, is an insuperable objection to the maintenance of the action unless there are facts other than those set out in the plaintiff’s declaration, viz : that the offer of…
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