Cengage Advantage Books: Business Law 9th Edition by Arnold Goldman ,William Sigismond

Exercise 20

Ledbetter, sheriff of Dallas County, posted a reward of $500 for the capture of an escaped murderer. Broadnax, not knowing of the reward, captured and returned the prisoner to the sheriff. After he returned the prisoner, Broadnax learned of the reward and claimed it. The sheriff would not pay. Was Broadnax legally entitled to the reward? (Broadnax v. Ledbetter, Tex. 99 S.W. 1111)