Gibbons v Proctor (1891) 64 LT 594
On 29 May, the defendant had offered a reward of £25 to the person who gave information, leading to the conviction of the perpetrator of a particular crime, to police Superintendent Penn. The plaintiff, Gibbons, a police officer, had already communicated the required information to a colleague, named Coppin, with instructions to forward it to Superintendent Penn. Coppin had communicated the information to his superior, Inspector Lennan, who had passed it on to Superintendent Penn. The information reached Penn on 30 May.
Held: The plaintiff was entitled to the reward. Coppin and Lennan were the plaintiff’s agents
for the purposes of conveying the information. The terms of the offer required the information to be given to Penn. The acceptance was the supply of the information to Penn, and at that time the plaintiff knew that a reward had been offered.
