Case Name: PEOPLE ex rel. COLLINS et al. v. BROWER et al.
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1906-01-19
Citations: 97 N.Y.S. 349
Docket Number: 
Parties: PEOPLE ex rel. COLLINS et al. v. BROWER et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: West's New York Supplement
Volume: 97
Pages: 349–350

Head Matter:
PEOPLE ex rel. COLLINS et al. v. BROWER et al.
(Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department.
January 19, 1906.)
Rewards—Offer—By Public Authorities.
A resolution of a county board of supervisors, offering a reward for information or evidence to secure the conviction of persons guilty of crimes committed prior to its passage, and not providing for the payment of rewards for convictions of offenses subsequently committed, was invalid, and not binding on the county.
[Ed. Note.—For cases in point, see vol. 42, Cent. Dig. Rewards, § 6.]
Hooker, J., dissenting.
Certiorari by the people, on the relation of William Collins and another, to review a determination of Girdell v. Brower and others, constituting the board of supervisors of the county of Nassau, in disallowing a claim of relators. Determination confirmed.
Argued before HIRSCHBERG, P. J., and WOODWARD, HOOKER, RICH, and" MILDER, JJ. ' -
George W. McKenzie, for relators. •
.Halstead Scudder, for respondents. • ,

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Determination confirmed,., with, .costs, on the ground that the reward was offered to persons furnishing information or evidence to s'ectlre the conviction of persons guilty of crimes committed prior to its passage, and did not provide for the.payment of rewards for convictiori of offenses subsequently coriimitted.
HOOKER, J., reads for reversal.