Anderson v. Pierce County

Irvine, C.

The plaintiff in error filed his claim with the commissioners of Pierce county for a reward offered by the county for the apprehension of an escaped prisoner. The claim was rejected and he appealed to the district court, where a demurrer to his petition was sustained and judgment entered for the county, which judgment the plaintiff in error seeks to reverse. The petition alleges the offer to have been made as follows: “ It appearing that one Ed Staggs, while under arrest charged with the crime of murder, has escaped from the custody of the sheriff of Pierce county, whereupon it is…