Ryer v. Stockwell

Citations

• 14 Cal. 134

Syllabus

<p>agreement, by one who has lost property by fire or theft, to pay a certain sum *° any onc wll° wiU secure the arrest ancl conviction of the criminal, is not a nucle pact; but may be enforced by a person performing the service.</p> <p>•*’n SUC^L cases> the offer of a reward or compensation by public advertisement, either to a particular person or class of persons, or to any and all persons, is a conditional promise; and if any one to whom such offer is made shall perform, the service before the offer is revoked, such performance is a good consideration, and the offer becomes a legal and binding contract. Until porfmpianee^ the offer may be revol,-ed..nk.r>le^snre... .</p> <p>Such advertisements, upon acceptance of their terms and performance of the services, become written contracts.</p> <p>Where the reward was for such information as would lead to the arrest and conviction of the criminal, there could be no claim for the money until tjial and conviction. The Statute of Limitations begins to run from that time, and the limitation would be four years, as on awritten contract.</p>