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LYTLE v. LANSING

No. 79.

147 U.S. 59 (1893)

13 S.Ct. 254

37 L.Ed. 78

LYTLE v. LANSING.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 3, 1893.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Thomas G. Shearman, (with whom was Mr. Everett P. Wheeler on the brief,) for appellant.

Mr. H.V. Howland for appellee.

MR. JUSTICE BROWN, after stating the case, delivered the opinion of the court.

As the bonds in this case, though good upon their face, were undoubtedly void as between the railroad company and the town of Lansing, it is incumbent upon the defendant Lytle to show that he, or some one through whom he obtained title to them, was a bona fide purchaser for a valuable consideration. Orleans v. Platt, 99 U.S. 676.

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