Protti v. American Bank & Trust Co.

BRUNOT, Justice.

On January 16, 1930, the Algiers Branch of the Canal Bank & Trust Company .was entered and robbed by four bandits, who escaped immediate capture and drove away in a stolen automobile. All of the bandits were captured and they are now serving sentences in the State Penitentiary for the crime. There was in force, on the date of the robbery, a reward offered by the associated banks of the city of New Orleans, through their central agency, the New Orleans Clearing House Association, which reads as follows:

' “$5,000 REWARD for information leading to the arrest and conviction of…