Bier v. McGehee

Citations

• 148 U.S. 137
• 13 S. Ct. 580
• 37 L. Ed. 397
• 1893 U.S. LEXIS 2214

Syllabus

<p>After the adoption of Article 233 of the constitution of Louisiana, declaring certain designated state bonds void, the Treasurer of that State fraudulently put them into circulation, and absconded. Payment having been refused by the State to an innocent holder of such a bond, h he had purchased for value, Held, in a suit brought by him to recover back the purchase money, that such refusal by the State raised no Federal question.</p>