Elkins v. Board of County Commissioners

Citations

• 86 Kan. 305
• 120 P. 542
• 1912 Kan. LEXIS 284

Syllabus

<p>SYLLABUS BY THE COURT.</p> <p>1. Crime — Reward for “Arrest and Conviction” — Party Entitled thereto. A reward, offered and published by a board of county commissioners under section 6900 of the General Statutes of 1909, is offered to every citizen, and when the offer comes to the knowledge of any one, and he begins the undertaking of doing the things upon which the offer is conditioned for the purpose of gaining the reward, a contract thereupon arises between him and the board of county commissioners that if he accomplishes the results specified he shall receive the specified reward.</p> <p>2. --- Same. Since it is not within the power of any citizen, literally, to do, by himself or his agents, the things specified in the statute and in the published offer, it) is held that if he substantially accomplishes the full objects of the offer, aided by the officers of the law in the orderly performance of their official duti'es, he has met the conditions of the contract and earned the reward.</p>