Hanger v. City of Des Moines
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from, Polh Circuit Court. The city of Des Moines, by the proclamation of its mayor, issued on the 10th day of September, 1874, offered a reward of $500 to any person who would give such information as would lead to the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Ella Barrett. The offer of said reward was authorized by a resolution of the city council.
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Appeal from, Polh Circuit Court. The city of Des Moines, by the proclamation of its mayor, issued on the 10th day of September, 1874, offered a reward of $500 to any person who would give such information as would lead to the arrest and conviction of the murderer or murderers of Ella Barrett. The offer of said reward was authorized by a resolution of the city council. The plaintiff, in his petition, alleges that he discovered said murderers and revealed such facts and gave such information to the authorities as led to their conviction, and that upon their conviction the said city became…
1Opinion of the CourtRothrock, J.
i. municipal cities: power to oiler re-reward. In Bawlt v. Marion County, 48 Iowa, 472, it was held that a county has no power or authority to offer a reward for the arrest and conviction of a criminal, because there is no statute in this State which . . ..... expressly or by necessary implication imposes upon counties any duty in respect to the arrest of persons charged with crime.
It is well settled that a municipal corporation can exercise only such powers as are expressly granted by statute, and such as are necessarily and fairly implied in, or incident to, those conferred by express grant…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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