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Glover v. Jewish War Veterans of United States
Facts
On June 5, 1946, Maurice Bernstein, a pharmacist, was murdered. The Defendant, the Jewish War Veterans of the United States (Defendant), offered a $500 reward to anyone offering information that lead to the arrest and conviction of the person(s) guilty of murdering Bernstein. The Plaintiff, Mary Glover (Plaintiff), pointed the police to Reginald Wheeler (Wheeler), the boyfriend of her daughter, who was later convicted of the crime. After Plaintiff had turned Wheeler over to the police, she realized that Defendant had offered a reward, and sought to claim it. By her own admission, Plaintiff stated she did not realize a reward had been offered until two days after she went to the police and gave them the desired information; however, she brought suit against Defendant under the theory that they had made an offer that she had accepted by performance. The Trial Court instructed the jury to rule for the Defendants and the Plaintiff appealed.
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