Brown v. First National Bank

This was an action by the appellant against the appellee, in the court below, to recover a reward upon an alleged contract made' and entered into by the parties, wherein the appellee agreed to pay the ap*656pellant a reward lor the capture of one William H. Schreiber, who was the appellee’s bookkeeper, and who had embezzled about one hundred thousand dollars in money and bonds belonging to the appellee, and fled to Canada. Schreiber was arrested by the appellant and the money and bonds restored. The complaint is as follows:

“The plaintiff, James S. Brown, complains of the first national bank of…