Citizens Bank of Michigan City v. Opperman, 249 U.S. 448 (1919)

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Citizens Bank of Michigan City v. Opperman


No. 234


Argued March 17, 1919
Decided April 14, 1919
249 U.S. 448

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT
OF THE STATE OF INDIANA

Syllabus

When a petition for rehearing is entertained in the state court, the judgment does not become final for the purposes of review here until the petition has been denied or otherwise disposed of, and the three months’ limitation prescribed by the At of September 6, 1916, begins to run from that time. P. 450.

Under the Act of 1916, the review of judgments of state courts by writ of error is limited to cases in which was really drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, or the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, a state on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States. Id.

Writ of error to review 115 N.E. 55 dismissed.

The case is stated in the opinion.