Holmes v. Conway, 241 U.S. 624 (1916)
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Citation
241 U.S. 624
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HOLMES v. CONWAY.
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United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
June 12, 1916
HOLMES v. CONWAY.
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF KANSAS.
No. 335. Argued May 1, 1916.—Decided June 12, 1916.
The due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment does not control mere forms of procedure in state courts or regulate practice therein. All the requirements of the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment are complied with, provided the person condemned has sufficient notice and is afforded adequate opportunity to defend.
An attorney having obtained certain funds from the clerk of the court, the court in a summary proceeding directed him, after a full hearing to restore the same; on appeal this order was affirmed, and on re- p. 625241 U. S. Argument for Plaintiff in Error.
hearing the attorney set up that he had been denied due process of law by not being given adequate notice or a fair opportunity to defend. Held that, as the record does not sustain his contention in those respects, this court cannot say that he has been deprived of a Federal right. 92 Kansas, 787; 93 Id. 246, affirmed.
The facts, which involve the validity under the due process provision of the Fourteenth Amendment of a judgment of a state court, are stated in the opinion.
Mr. Leonard S. Ferry, with whom Mr. Thomas F. Doran and Mr. John S. Dean were on the brief, for the plaintiff in error:
The Supreme Court of Kansas affirmed the judgment of the District Court on the ground that summary proceedings may be employed in enforcing claims against attorneys for acts done in a professional capacity. Summary proceedings must be based upon notice, and the party must be apprised of the nature and purpose of the proceedings, and have an opportunity to be heard. 37 Cyc. 530; 4 Cyc. 975; In re Wall, 107 U. S. 265; Jefferie v. Laurie, 23 Fed. Rep. 786; Lynde v. Lynde, 58 L. R. A. 471; Galpin v. Page, 18 Wall. 368; Union Bldg. Ass’n v. Soderquist, 87 N. W. Rep. (la.) 432; Simon v. Croft, 182 U. S. 427; Rees v. Watertown, 19 Wall. 107, 122; Iowa Central Ry. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389; Davis v. Board of Commissioners, 65 Minnesota, 310; Kuntz v. Sumpton, 2 L. R. A. (Ind.) 655; Davidson v. New Orleans, 96 U. S. 97; 3 Words & Phrases, pp. 2244, 2245; Hooker v. Los Angeles, 188 U. S. 318.
The judgment affirmed by the Supreme Court of Kansas was rendered against plaintiff in error without due process of law, as required by the Fourteenth Amendment, as no notice was given him, and no adequate opportunity to defend was afforded him. Louis. & Nash. & R. v. Schmidt, 177 U, S. 230; Simon v, Croft, 182 U. 8, p. 626427; Davis v. Board of Comm., 65 Minnesota, 310; Kuntz v. Sumpton, 2 L. R. A. 655; Hooker v. Los Angeles, 188 U.S. 318.
A man’s business, occupation, profession, or calling is his property, and is protected and guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States. Slaughter-House Cases, 16 Wall. 36; Consolidated Steel Co. v. Murray, 80 Fed. Rep. 821; Ex parte Burr, 9 Wheat. 922.
There was no appearance for defendant in error.
Mr . Justice Mc Reynold s delivered the opinion of the court.
Plaintiff in error, Holmes, a lawyer practicing before the courts of Kansas, maintains that judgment has been rendered against him, in a cause where he appeared as counsel, without notice or opportunity to defend, contrary to inhibitions of the Fourteenth Amendment.
Acting for one Hess, he instituted proceedings against defendant in error in the District Court, Woodson County, Kansas, seeking personal judgment on a note and foreclosure of mortgage on real estate. Judgment was rendered November 16, 1910, for $2,612.00; and the sheriff sold the land January 19, 1911, to Hess for $1,700.00, subject to redemption within eighteen months. An assignment prepared by Holmes immediately transferred the certificate of purchase to C. F. Harder, but no public record of this transaction was made until August 24, 1912.
An insured building on the mortgaged property burned shortly before sheriff’s sale and, upon motion presented by Holmes, the court made an order “restraining and enjoining the said defendant Conway from in any manner disposing of said insurance policies upon the buildings on said mortgaged premises, or disposing of any moneys p. 627collected.” Questions arose concerning validity of policies and following an agreement between Holmes and Hogueland, attorney for Conway, a compromise was effected under which the companies paid $1,075.00—$500.00, February —, 1911, and $575.00, March —-, 1911. Conway and his attorney claimed that under the agreement this sum was to be applied towards redeeming the land. Holmes claimed it was to go towards discharging the personal judgment.
On February 24, 1911, $500.00 of the insurance money was paid into court by Hogueland. The clerk gave a receipt reciting, “the same being in part payment of the redemption in the above entitled cause.” On the next day this sum was withdrawn by Holmes and, as he claims, remitted to Hess. On March 31, 1911, Hogueland delivered a draft for remainder of insurance money to Holmes, who claims that he remitted proceeds to Hess. Conway paid into court $738.03, July 15, 1912, which, with the $1,075.00 above referred to, made up amount necessary to redeem property sold by sheriff, and the clerk gave him a redemption receipt.
Exactly when Holmes began to represent Harder is not clear—certainly it was not later than June 1, 1911. In August, 1912, Holmes as counsel entered a motion for an order directing the sheriff to convey to Harder the land theretofore sold. Conway resisted, claiming that by paying the necessary sum he had redeemed the property. Solution of the issue presented depended upon professional conduct of Holmes, and his affidavits were put in evidence. The motion was denied; but a rehearing was granted and took place in February, 1913. Additional proofs, including two more of his own affidavits, were offered by Holmes, then present in court, and taken under consideration. April 30, 1913, Holmes still being present, the court denied motion for instruction to sheriff and further “ ordered, adjudged and decreed, that the plaintiff A. E. p. 628Hess and S. C. Holmes, his attorney of record, within thirty days from this date, . . . return to and deposit in the office of the clerk of this court, the sum of One Thousand and Seventy-five ($1,075.00) Dollars, together with interest . . . down to the day such sum is paid into the office of the clerk of this court . . . to be used in the redemption and cancellation of certificate of purchase issued by the sheriff of Woodson County, Kansas, to A. E. Hess, plaintiff herein.”
Without suggesting to the trial court that he had been surprised or prejudiced because no formal notice had been served upon him or that he wished the order set aside or desired to present additional proof or take any further action whatsoever, and when the thirty days were about to expire, Holmes entered appeals to the Supreme Court of the State for himself and Harder, and on very general assignments of errors, making no mention of Federal right, the controversy was there again presented and considered upon its merits.
Among other things the Supreme Court said (92 Kansas, 787):
“On the eve of the sheriff’s sale Holmes and Hogueland, as attorneys for their respective clients, agreed that the insurance money should be applied to the redemption of the land. Hess purchased at the sheriff’s sale subject to this condition, and when he assigned the certificate of purchase he and Holmes knew that the insurance money would go to redeem the land and not to satisfy the excess judgment. This is the turning point in the case. Mr. Holmes claims that he understood the agreement with Mr. Hogueland differently. After carefully considering all the strong arguments for his view this court, as already stated, feels that the trial court was best able to determine the matter. The result is that Holmes could draw the first payment of insurance money from the clerk of the court, who had received and receipted for it for redemption p. 629purposes, for the benefit of no one but the holder of the certificate of purchase, who at that time was Harder; and Holmes received the proceeds of the draft for the second installment of insurance money for the benefit of Harder. Soon afterwards Holmes is found in court engaged in the protection of Harder’s interests as a holder of the certificate of purchase. Holmes had complete knowledge of all the facts relating to the insurance money. Harder’s son and agent, F. H. Harder, was informed that Holmes had received $1075 to apply in redemption of the premises, and Harder himself is non-committal on the subject of his knowledge.
“On February 24, 1911, Conway through his attorney paid to the clerk of the district court the sum of $500 as redemption money and took the clerk’s receipt accordingly. Holmes could rightfully withdraw this money for no purpose unless to pay it to Harder. The draft for $575 which he cashed was redemption money also, and if not paid to Harder ought to be in the hands of the clerk. It is conceded that Harder received none of the money. The order therefore is a summary one made by the court in a pending proceeding to secure restoration to the treasury of the court of moneys arising from the litigation, which the attorney has diverted, p. 796.
“In the present case the court was acting in its own behalf to secure the return of money belonging in its own custody. By the motion directed against the sheriff filed for his client, Harder, the attorney himself instituted the investigation of his professional conduct. That was the only substantial issue in the case, and he was fully heard, both as a witness and as an attorney, in justification of his course. The evidence which justifies the denial of an order against the sheriff justifies the order against him.” P. 797.
A petition for rehearing was presented and considered by the Supreme Court. Therein for the first time Holmes set up a claim under the Fourteenth Amendment. In its opinion denying application, the court said (93 Kansas, 246, 255):
“Holmes still insists that the order upon him to restore to the clerk of the court the redemption money which came into his possession was irregular for informality of procedure. The form of procedure in summary disciplinary proceedings is not controlling so long as the essentials of fair notice and opportunity to be heard are present. In this case Harder’s right to a deed depended upon what his attorney’s professional conduct had been. That was the primary issue tendered by the motion to require the sheriff to make a deed and the attorney himself filed the motion and brought on the investigation. A trial was had in which all the facts were developed, Holmes and Hogueland gave their versions of the agreement with respect to the application of the insurance money. The money was traced, step by step, from the insurance company through Holmes to Hess. Holmes was necessarily compelled to describe and to defend his conduct and did so by his own testimony and by other evidence which he adduced. The result was that in legal effect he stood before the court as one of its officers who had diverted from its treasury funds arising from the litigation. Then the attorney asked for another hearing which was granted. While on the face of the record he appeared as the attorney for Harder, the substance of the issue still was what the character of his professional conduct had been. The nature of the charge against him had been fully disclosed at the first trial. It appeared in detail and in writing in the affidavits filed in the case. It was that charge which he knew he must meet at the second trial, which he had secured. He had from August of one year to February of the next year in which to prepare. To say that he did not p. 631make due preparation would be to impute to him unfaithfulness to Harder. He had command of the case, took such testimony from his former client, Hess, as he desired, and presented such other evidence as he desired, including additional affidavits of his own. At the final trial he was given full opportunity to defend in his own way and to an extent satisfactory to himself. Consequently every requirement of due process of law has been satisfied and the court was not called upon to go through the ceremonious performance of instituting and prosecuting another proceeding, for the sake of stating the charges, giving notice, and having a hearing, before entering the disciplinary order.”
The sole question presented for our determination is whether plaintiff in error has been deprived of a Federal right.
Considering Holmes’ position as an officer of the court and patient hearings accorded him, his own testimony and duty to offer in evidence whatever was obtainable and material, his actual presence at every stage of the proceedings, his failure to suggest surprise or desire for any further hearing, the inquiry touching his conduct pending for many months, his perfect acquaintance with all the unusual circumstances including his own liability and looking at the substance and not mere form of things, we are unable to say that he has been deprived of adequate notice or fair opportunity to defend and thereby denied due process of law. The cause undoubtedly presents difficulties not to be ignored; and our conclusion is restricted to the peculiar circumstances before us.
In Louis. & Nash. R. R. v. Schmidt, 177 U. S. 230, 236, the principles applicable here are announced and applied. ‘ It is no longer open to contention that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States does not control mere forms of procedure in state courts or regulate practice therein. All its p. 632requirements are complied with, provided in the proceedings which are claimed not to have been due process of law the person condemned has had sufficient notice and adequate opportunity has been afforded him to defend.”
Affirmed.
Mr . Justi ce Pit ney dissents. z p. 633241 U. S. Amendment, Rule 10.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
Octobe r Term , 1915.
IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT that Sections 2 1 and 9 2 of Rule 10 of this Court be, and the same are hereby, amended so as to read as follows:
2. Immediately after the designation of the parts of the record to be printed or the expiration of the time allotted therefor, the Clerk shall make an estimate of the cost of printing the record, his fee for preparing it for the printer and supervising fee, and other probable fees, and upon application therefor shall furnish the same to the party docketing the case. If such estimated sum be not paid within ninety days after the cause is docketed, it shall be the duty of the Clerk to report that fact to the Court, and thereupon the cause will be dismissed, unless good cause to the contrary is shown.
9. When the record is filed, or within twenty days thereafter, the plaintiff in error or appellant may file with the Clerk a statement of the points on which he intends to rely and of the parts of the record which he thinks necessary for the consideration thereof, with proof of service of the same on the adverse party. The adverse party, within thirty days thereafter, may designate in writing, filed with the Clerk, additional parts of the record which he thinks material; and, if he shall not do so, he shall be held to have consented to a hearing on the parts designated by the plaintiff in error or appellant. If parts of the record shall be so designated by one or both of the parties, the Clerk shall print those parts only; and the Court will consider nothing but those parts of the record and the points so stated. If at the hearing it shall appear that any material
1 See 210 U. S. 479. 2 See 210 U. S. 481.
Amendment, Rule 10. 241 U. S.
part of the record has not been printed, the writ of error or appeal may be dismissed or such other order made as the circumstances may appear to the Court to require. If the defendant in error or appellee shall have caused unnecessary parts of the record to be printed, such order as to costs may be made as the Court shall think proper.
The fees of the Clerk under Rule 24, Section 7,1 shall be computed, as at present, on the folios in the record as filed, and shall be in full for the performance of his duties in the execution hereof.
These amendments shall go into effect May 1, 1916. (Promulgated March 20, 1916.)
*See 210 U. S. 492.
241 U. S. Order.
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.
October Term , 1915.
Order : It is ordered by the Court that Rule 37 of this Court1 be amended by adding the following section:
4. In any case where the time for presenting a petition for certiorari is expressly limited by statute and where the court has adjourned for the term, the petition may be presented during such adjournment and within the period prescribed, by filing it, together with the printed record and briefs, in the office of the clerk, and such filing shall have the same effect as a presentation in open court. Promulgated June 12, 1916.
* See 210 U. S. 501.
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OPINIONS PER CURIAM, FROM JANUARY 17, 1916, TO JUNE 12, 1916.
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No. 157. Will iam B. Thomp son , Plain tif f in Error , v. The City of St . Louis . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Argued January 11, 1916. Decided January 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Louisiana Navigation Co. v. Oyster Commission, 226 U. S. 99; United States v. Beatty, 232 U. S. 463; Pons v. Yazoo & Mississippi Valley R. R., 232 U. S. 720. Mr. Ford W. Thompson for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Truman P. Young and Mr. Charles H. Daues for the defendant in error.
No. 158. Hilma Nelson , Plainti ff in Error , v . Richard G. Wood . In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued January 11 and 12 for the plaintiff in error, and submitted by defendant in error. Decided January 17, 1916. Per p. 638Curiam. Dismissed for wants of jurisdiction upon the authority of Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co., 212 U. S. 477; McCormick v. Oklahoma City, 236 U. S. 657; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R., 237 U. S. 575; Merriam Co. v. Syndicate Publishing Co., 237 U. S. 618. Mr. A. J. H. Frank for the plaintiff in error. Mr. C. E. Morgan, 3d, and Mr. R. Stuart Smith for the defendant in error.
No. 172. Vandalia Railroad Comp any , Plainti ff in Error , v . Charles Stilw ell . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. Argued January 14, 1916. Decided January 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Jeffrey Manufacturing Co. v. Blagg, 235 U. S. 571. Mr. Samuel 0. Pickens, Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. John G. Williams for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Martin M. Hugg and Mr. Wymond J. Beckett for the defendant in error.
No. 672. Robert Kitche ns , Appellant , v . J. C. Hamilton , Sherif f , etc . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. Argued January 11, 1916. Decided January 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Andrews v. Swartz, 156 U. S. 272; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309. Mr. John R. Cooper for the appellant. Mr. Clifford Walker for the appellee.
No. 729. Frank R. Shattuck , Trustee , etc ., et al ., Appellants , v . The Title Guaranty & Suret y Com - pany . Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of p. 639Appeals for the Third Circuit. Submitted January 10, 1916. Decided January 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of act of Congress, January 28, 1915, c. 22, 38 Stat. 803. See Central Trust Co. v. Lueders, 239 U. S. 11. Mr. Walter Lee Sheppard for the appellants. Mr. Frank Rogers Donahue for the appellee.
No. 186. Cyrus Bradley , Plain tif f in Error , v . Spokane & Inland Empi re Railroad Comp any . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. Argued for plaintiff in error and submitted for defendant in error, January 18, 1916. Decided January 24, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) New Orleans Waterworks Co. v. Louisiana, 185 U. S. 336, 344; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471; (2) Ross v. Oregon, 227 U. S. 150; Moore-Mansfield Co. v. Electrical Co., 234 U. S. 619; Willoughby v. Chicago, 235 U. S. 45. Mr. Fred B. Morrill and Mr. William Hudson Smiley for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Will G. Graves for the defendant in error.
No. 199. J. J. Broussard , Plaint iff in Error , v . R. R. Baker , Chief of Police of the City of Beau - mon t , Tex . In error to the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas. Submitted January 20, 1916. Decided January 24, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; Easterling Lumber Co. v. Pierce, 235 U. S. 380, 382; (2) Fischer v. St. Louis, 194 U. S. 361; Davis v. p. 640Massachusetts, 167 U. S. 43; (3) Iowa Central Ry. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389; Washington v. Miller, 235 U. S. 422,429; Roby v. South Park Commissioners, 238 U. S. 610. Mr. Frederick S. Tyler for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for defendant in error.
No. 207. The Count y of Sioux , Nebraska , Plaintif f in Error , v . Newt on Rule . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska. Submitted January 20, 1916. Decided January 24,1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14. Mr. Allen G. Fisher for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Albert W. Crites for the defendant in error.
No. 343. John H. Strosni der , Appellant , v . Edmund M. Alle n , Warden , etc . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted January 17, 1916. Decided January 24, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Urquhart v. Brown, 205 U. S. 179; Ex parte Spencer, 228 U. S. 652, 659-661; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309, 328, 329. Mr. Benjamin C. Bachrach for the appellant. Mr. Patrick J. Lucey and Mr. Lester H. Strawn for the appellee.
No. 222. Tallulah Falls Railw ay Company , Plain - tif f in Error , v . Macon Count y Supp ly Company . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina. Submitted January 24, 1916. Decided February 21, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed with costs upon the authority of Southern Railway v. Reid, 222 U. S. 424; p. 641Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Greenwood Grocery Co., 227 U. S. 1; Charleston & Western Carolina Railway v. Varnville Furniture Co., 237 U. S. 597. Mr. Hamilton McWhorter for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 227. Illi nois Central Railroad Company , Plainti ff in Error , v . Charles W. Cousi ns . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota. Argued January 25, 1916. Decided February 21, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed with costs upon the authority of Delaware, Lackwanna & Western Railroad v. Yurkonis, 238 U. S. 439; Shanks v. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad, 239 U. S. 556. Mr. W. S. Horton and Mr. Blewett Lee for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Samuel A. Anderson for the defendant in error.
No. 794. Paul Daeche , Appe llant , v . Albert Boll - schw eiler , United States Marshal , etc . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Jersey. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted January 31, 1916. Decided February 21, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Fay v. Crozer, 217 U. S. 455; Hannis Distilling Co. v. Baltimore, 216 U. S. 285, 288; Hendricks v. United States, 223 U. S. 178, 184; (2) Benson v. Henkel, 198 U. S. 1, 10-11; Pierce v. Creecy, 210 U. S. 387, 401-402; (3) Glasgow v. Moyer, 225 U. S. 420; Johnson v. Hoy, 227 U. S. 245; Henry v. Henkel, 235 U. S. 219. Mr. Merritt Lane, Mr. John W. Ockford and Mr. Otto F. Seggel for the appellant. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the appellee.
Nos. 230, 231, 232 and 233. Southern Railw ay Com - pany , Plainti ff in Error , v . W. C. Thurs ton . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina. Submitted January 25, 1916. Decided February 21, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgments reversed with costs upon the authority of Southern Railway v. Reid, 222 U. S. 424; Yazoo & Mississippi Valley Railroad v. Greenwood Grocery Co., 227 U. S. 1; Charleston & Western Carolina Railway v. Varnville Furniture Co., 237 U. S. 597. Mr. John K. Graves for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 546. The Valle y Steams hip Comp any , Plaintif f in Error , v . John J. Wattawa ; and
No. 547. The Valle y Steam ship Comp any , Plaint iff in Error , v . Joseph Mraz . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Motion to dismiss submitted February 21, 1916. Decided February 28, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Crovo, 220 U. S. 364, 366; Norfolk Turnpike Co. v. Virginia, 225 U. S. 264, 268-269; Stratton v. Stratton, 239 U. S. 55. Mr. Frank S. Masten for the plaintiff in error. Mr. George H. Eichelberger for the defendants in error.
No. 740. Martha L. Stine , Plaintif f in Error , v . Missouri State Life Insurance Comp any . In error to the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. Motion to dismiss submitted February 21, 1916. Decided February 28, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Cornell v. Green, 163 U. S. 75, 79-80; Arkansas v. Schlierholz, 179 U. S. 598, 601; Lampasas v. Bell, 180 p. 643U. S. 276, 282; Itow v. United States, 233 U. S. 581, 583-584. Mr. Frederick N. Judson and Mr. John F. Green for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James C. Jones for the defendant in error.
No. —. Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of David Lamar , Petit ioner . Submitted February 21, 1916. Decided February 28, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus herein and that a rule to show cause issue denied. It is further ordered that a writ of certiorari issue to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit to bring up the record in the case of David Lamar, Plaintiff in Error, v. The United States. Mr. A. Leo Everett for the petitioner.
No.---- . Original. Ex parte: In the Matte r of Wal - ter Brandt , Petit ioner . Submitted February 21, 1916. Decided February 28, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Frans E. Lindquist for the petitioner.
No. 819. The State of South Dakota ex rel ., R. O. Richards et al ., Plainti ff s in Error , v . M. D. Whis - man , as County Auditor of Beadle Count y , South Dakota . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Dakota. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted February 28, 1916. Decided March 6, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471-^72; (2) Luther v. Borden, 7 How, 1; Taylor v. Beckham, 178 U. S. 548; p. 644Pacific States Telegraph &c. Co. v. Oregon, 223 U. S. 118; O’Neill v. Learner, 239 U. S. 244, 248. Mr. Webster Ballinger and Mr. T. H. Null for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Clarence C. Caldwell and Mr. Samuel Herrick for the defendant in error.
No. 241. Hitc hman Coal & Coke Company , Appel - lant and Peti tione r , v . John Mitche ll , Individually , et al . Appeal from and petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Argued March 2 and 3,1916. Decided March 13, 1916. Per Curiam. (1) Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. v. Omaha, 230 U. S. 123; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R., 237 U. S. 575, 576-577.
(2) Considering the petition for certiorari hitherto filed and upon which action was previously postponed until the merits of the case came to be disposed of, it is ordered that the said petition be, and the same is granted, the record on appeal to stand as a return to the writ of certiorari. It is •further ordered that the case on the return to the writ of certiorari be placed on the docket for argument before a full bench. Mr. George R. E. Gilchrist and Mr. Hannis Taylor for the appellant. Mr. Charles E. Hogg and Mr. Charles J. Hogg for the appellees.
No. 484. Charles A. Thatcher , Appellant and Plain tif f in Error , v . The United States of Amer ica et al . Appeal from and in error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted February 28, 1916. Decided March 13, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of p. 645jurisdiction upon the authority of Ex parte Bradley, 7 Wall. 364, 376; Ex parte Robinson, 19 Wall. 513. Mr. Rhea P. Cary and Mr. Everett V. Abbot for the appellant and plaintiff in error. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the appellees and defendants in error.
No. 108. Farmers & Merchants State Bank of Waco , Appellant , v . M. C. H. Park , Trust ee of the Slayden -Kirksey Woolen Mill , Bankrupt . Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Submitted March 16, 1916. Decided March 20, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of First National Bank v. Littlefield, 226 U. S. 110, 112; Washington Securities Co. v. The United States, 234 U. S. 76, 78; Wright Blodgett Co. v. The United States, 236 U. S. 397, 402; National Bank of Athens v. Shackelford, Trustee, 239 U. S. 81, 82, and cause remanded to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. Mr. 0. L. Stribling for the appellant. Mr. James D. Williamson, Mr. John Neethe and Mr. Rhodes S. Baker for the defendant in error.
No. 295. Rosa Falco , Repres entin g her Minor Child , Manuel Adoaldo Tiberio Catinc hi y Falco , Appell ant , v . The Successi on of Salva dor Suau Mulet , Comp osed of his Widow , Maria Hernandez Rodriguez et al . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. Argued for the appellees and submitted for the appellant March 16, 1916. Decided March 20, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of § 244, Judicial Code, Elzaburu v. Chaves, 239 U. S. 283, 285; Gsell v. Insular Collector, 239 U. S. 93. p. 646Mr. Jose R. F. Savage for the appellant. Mr. Edward S. Paine for the appellees.
No. 721. David H. Glas s , Appe llant , v . Alfred H. Woodman et al . Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm and petition for writ of certiorari submitted March 13, 1916. Decided March 20, 1916. Per Curiam: Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co., 212 U. S. 477; Omaha Electric Light & Power Co. v. Omaha, 230 U. S. 123; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 237 U. S. 575, 576-577; (2) St. Louis &c. R. R. Co. v. Wabash R. R. Co., 217 U. S. 247, 250; Ohio Railroad Commission v. Worthington, 225 U. S. 101, 104; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 568. The petition for writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. W. F. Guthrie and Mr. Emmet H. Gamble for the appellant. Mr. John S., Leahy, Mr. Walter H. Saunders and Mr. Irvin V. Barth for the appellee.
No. 294. F. P. Seeka tz , Plain tif f in Error , v . The Medina Valley Irrigati on Company et al . In error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. Argued for the plaintiff in error and submitted for the defendant in error March 15 and 16, 1916. Decided March 20, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; Easterling Dumber Co. v. Pierce, 235 U. S. 380; (2) Mississippi & Red River Boom Co. v. Patterson, 98 U. S. 403; Madisonville Traction Co. v. St. Bernard Mining Co., 196 p. 647U. S. 239; Mason City &c. Railroad v. Boynton, 204 U. S. 570; (3) Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. v. Chicago, 166 U. S. 226, 244-245; Bauman v. Ross, 167, U. S. 548, 593; Backus v. Fort Street Depot Co., 169 U. S. 557, 569; (4) Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley, 164 U. S. 112; Hairston v. Danville & Western Ry., 208 U. S. 598; O'Neill v. Learner, 239 U. S. 244, 253-254. Mr. C. 'L. Bass, Mr. T. T. VanderHoeven and Mr. Joseph W. Bailey for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Floyd McGown for the defendant in error.
No. —. Original. Ex parte: In the Matte r of Paul Bukva , Petit ioner . Submitted March 13, 1916. Decided March 20,1916. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. William Wilhelm for the petitioner.
No.---- . Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of William Sage , Jr ., Peti tione r . Submitted March 17, 1916. Decided March 20, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Edward A. Alexander for the petitioner.
Nos. 365 and 367. United Railw ays Comp any of St . Louis , Plain tif f in Error , v . The City of St . Louis . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Argued April 4 and 5, 1916. Decided April 10, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of: (1) Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361; Leathe v. Thomas, 207 U. S. 93; Holden Land Co. v. Inter-State Trading Co., 233 U. S. 536, 541; Mellon Co. v. Me- p. 648Cafferty, 239 U. S. 134; (2) Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14; (3) Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co., 220 U. S. 61, 78; Chicago Dock Co. v. Fraley, 228 U. S. 680; Denver v. New York Trust Co., 229 U. S. 123, 143; St. Louis &c. Ry. Co. v. Arkansas ex rel. Norwood, 235 U. S. 350, 366.
No. 366. St . Louis & Suburban Railw ay Company et al ., Plainti ff s in Error , v . The City of St . Loui s ;
No. 368. United Rail wa ys Company of St . Louis , Plaintiff s in Error , v . The City of St . Louis ;
No. 369. United Rail wa ys Company of St . Louis , Plain tif f in Error , v . The City of St . Louis ;
No. 370. Unit ed Railw ays Comp any of St . Louis . Plaint iff in Error , v . The City of St . Louis ;
No. 371. United Railw ays Company of St . Loui s , Plainti ff in Error , v . The City of St . Louis , and
No. 372. St . Louis Transi t Comp any , Plain tif f in Error , v . The City of St . Louis . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. Henry S. Priest for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Truman P. Young and Mr. Charles H. Daues for the defendant in error.
No. 731. H. E. Fill er , Appe llant , v . Ben Steele , Sherif f , etc . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Argued April 5, 1916. Decided April 10, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of: (1) Ex parte Parks, 93 U. S. 18, 21; Tinsley v. Anderson, 171 U. S. 101, 105; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309, 326; (2) Allen v. Georgia, 166 U. S. 138, 140; Felts v. Murphy, 201 U. S. 123, 129; Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78; Jordan v. Massachusetts, 225 U. S. 167; (3) Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. p. 649596, 600; Overton v. Oklahoma, 235 U. S. 31; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14. Mr. Ralph D. Hurst and Mr. Thomas H. Greevy for the appellant. Mr. C. Ward Eicher, Mr. George E. Barron and Mr. Cecil E. Heller for the appellee.
No. 460. The Missour i Pacifi c Railw ay Company , Plai nti ff in Error , v . The Larabee Flour Mill s Comp any . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted April 10, 1916. Decided April 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction with 10 per centum damages upon the authority of—
(1) Roberts v. Cooper, 20 How. 467, 481; Supervisors v. Kennicott, 94 U. S. 498; Clark v. Keith, 106 U. S. 464; Chaffin v. Taylor, 116 U. S. 567, 572; Thompson v. Maxwell Land Grant Co., 168 U. S. 451, 456; Illinois v. Illinois Central R. R., 184 U. S. 77, 90-93.
(2) Missouri Pacific Railway v. Larabee Flour Mills Co., 211 U. S. 612; Missouri Pacific Railway v. Larabee Flour Mills Co., 234 U. S. 459. Mr. B. P. Waggener, Mr. W. P. Waggener and Mr. A. E. Crane for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Joseph G. Waters and Mr. Charles Blood Smith for the defendant in error.
No. 863. Allison Manches ter , Plain tif f in Error , v. The Board of Water Commis sione rs of the City of Hartf ord ;
No. 864. Alli son Manchest er et al ., Plainti ff s in Error , v . The Board of Water Commis sione rs of the City of Hartford ; and
No. 865. Emma Mancheste r et al ., Plainti ff s in Error , v . The Board of Water Commis sioners of the p. 650City of Hartf ord . In error to the Supreme Court of Errors of the State of Connecticut. Argued April 12,1916. Decided April 17, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Fallbrook Irrigation District v.. Bradley, 164 U. S. 112, 160; Clark v. Nash, 198 U. S. 361, 367-369; Hairston v. Danville & Western Ry., 208 U. S. 598; Union Lime Co. v. Chicago &, N. W. Ry., 233 U. S. 211, 218-219; O’ Neill v. Learner, 239 U. S. 244, 253; Mount Vernon Cotton Co. v. Alabama Power Co., 240 IL S. 30, 32. Mr. Edward H. Rogers, Mr. Birdsey E. Case and Mr. Edward D. Robbins for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Edward M. Day and Mr. Alvan Waldo Hyde for the defendants in error.
No.---- . Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of Jame s J. Grif fin and Gordon M. Peaco ck , Petit ioners . Submitted April 10, 1916. Decided April 17, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition for a writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Arthur E. Dowell for the petitioner.
No. 312. Mary Mulcare et al ., Admini strat ors , etc ., Plai nti ffs in Error , v . The City of Chicago . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Argued April 20, 1916. Decided April 24, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Missouri v. Lewis, 101 U. S. 22; Cincinnati Street Railway v. Snell, 193 U. S. 30, 35-37. Mr. Hiram T. Gilbert and Mr. John W. Walsh for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Chester E. Cleveland for the defendants in error.
No. 188. Kansas City , Mexico & Orient Railw ay Company , Plaintif f in Error , v . The State of Texas . p. 651In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Texas. Argued April 17 and 18, 1916. Decided April 24, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of j urisdiction upon the authority of:
(1) Jones v. Montague, 194 U. S. 147; Richardson v. McChesney, 218 U. S. 487; Stearns v. Wood, 236 U. S. 75.
(2) Kansas City Star Co. v. Julian, 215 U. S. 589; Forbes v. State Council of Virginia, 216 U. S. 396-399; St. Louis & San Francisco Railway v. Shepherd, 240 U. S. 240.
(3) Henkel v. Cincinnati, 177 U. S. 170; Fullerton v. Texas, 196 U. S. 192, 194; Allen v. Arguimbau, 198 U. S. 149, 156; Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. v. Cleveland, 235 U. S. 50, 55.
(4) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471. See Pinney v. Nelson, 183 U. S. 144, 147; Abilene National Bank v. D alley, 228 U. S. 1, 5; Lake Shore & Michigan So. Ry. v. Ohio, 173 U. S. 285, 289, et seq.; Cincinnati, Indianapolis & W. Ry. v. Connersville, 218 U. S. 336; Missouri Pacific Railway v. Kansas, 216 U. S. 262, 283 et seq. Mr. Herbert S. Garrett, Mr. Robert Lynn Batts and Mr. John A. Eaton for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Benjamin F. Looney and Mr. Frank L. Snodgrass for the defendant in error.
No. 793. Ignatius Timot hy Tribich Lincoln , Appel - lant , v. James M. Powe r , Marshal , etc . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Argued April 24, 1916. Decided May 1, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of (1) In re Luis Oteiza y Cortes, 136 U. S. 330, 334; Ornelas v. Ruiz, 161 U. S. 502, 508;
Opinions Per Curiam, Etc. 241 U. S
Bryant v. The United States, 167 U. S. 104, 105; Terlinden v. Ames, 184 U. S. 270, 278; Elias v. Ramirez, 215 U. S. 398, 406-4:07; McNamara v. Henkel, 226 U. S. 520, 523; (2) David Kauffman & Sons Co. v. Smith, 216 U. S. 610; Toop v. Ulysses Land Co., 237 U. S. 580; Manila Investment Co. v. Trammell, 239 U. S. 31. Mr. John Neville Boyle and Mr. Addison S. Pratt for the appellant. The Attorney General and Mr. Charles Fox for the appellees.
No. 135, October term, 1914. Wils on Cypres s Com - pan y , Appellant , v . Enriq ue del Pozo y Marcos et al . Submitted April 24, 1916. Decided May 1, 1916. Motion for leave to file in the trial court a supplemental bill in the nature of a bill of review denied. Mr. William W. Dewhurst, Mr. Joseph H. Jones, and Mr. John C. Jones for the petitioners. Mr. John C. Cooper in opposition thereto.
No. 324. Daniel A. Long , Plaintif f in Error , v . John E. Shepard . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. Submitted April 26, 1916. Decided May 8, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction upon the authority of National Foundry & Pipe Co. v. Oconto Water Works Supply Co., 183 U. S. 216, 237; Vandalia R. R. v. Indiana, 207 U. S. 359, 367; Brinkmeier v. Missouri Pacific Ry., 224 U. S. 268, 270. Mr. Lewis C. Lawson and Mr. C. Dale Wolfe for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. —. Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of Elbert R. Robinson , Petit ion er . Submitted April 28,
1916. Decided May 8, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition denied. Mr. George W. Ellis for the petitioner.
No. 189. Anna C. Dunham et al ., Plain tif fs in Error , v . Clara V. Kauffman et al . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Argued May 4,1916. Decided May 22, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137. (2) The Pennsylvania College Cases, 13 Wall. 190; Newburyport Water Co. v. Newburyport, 193 U. S. 561; Missouri Pacific Ry. v. Kansas, 216 U. S. 262, 274-275. (3) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Ennis Water Works v. Ennis, 233 U. S. 652, 658; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471. Mr. D. K. Watson for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles C. Pavey for the defendants in error.
No. 344. Robert D. Kinney , Plaint iff in Error , v . Plymo uth Rock Squab Compa ny et al . In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Argued by the plaintiff in error May 1, 1916. Decided May 22, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co., 212 U. S. 477; Weir v. Rountree, 216 U. S. 607 ; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 237 U. S. 575. (2) Provident Savings Society v. Ford, 114 U. S. 635, 641-642; Metcalf v. Watertown, 128 U. S. 586, 588; Pope v. Louisville, New Albany &c. Ry., 173 U. S. 573, 580-581. See United States ex rel. Kinney v. United States Fidelity & Guaranty Co., 222 U. S. 283; p. 654Kinney v. Plymouth Rock Squab Co., 236 U. S. 43. Mr. Robert D. Kinney pro se. No appearance for the defendants in error.
No. 333. The Firs t National Bank of Defi ance , Plaintif f in Error , v . William A. Kehnast et al . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Argued April 28 and May 1, 1916. Decided May 22, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361; Chemical National Bank v. City Bank of Portage, 160 U. S. 646; Leathe v. Thomas, 207 U. S. 93; Mellon v. McCafferty, 239 U. S. 134. (2) Leather Manufacturers’ Bank v. Cooper, 120 U. S. 778, 781; Whittemore v. Amoskeag National Bank, 134 U. S. 527; Petri v. Commercial National Bank of Chicago, 142 U. S. 644; Hermann v. Edwards, 238 U. S. 107. Mr. Robert Newbegin and Mr. Henry Newbegin for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Tellis T. Shaw, Mr. Harold W. Fraser, Mr. Henry B. Harris and Mr. E. J. Marshall for the defendants in error.
No. 362. St . Louis & San Francisco Railroa d Com - pany , Plaintif f in Error , v . John H. Mounts . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. Argued for plaintiff in error May 5,1916. Decided June 5, 1916. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed with costs and cause remanded for further proceedings upon the authority of Adams Express Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S. 491; Missouri &c. Ry. v. Harriman, 227 U. S. 657; Atchison, Topeka &c. Ry. v. Robinson, 233 U. S. 173; Georgia, Florida &c. Ry. v. Blish Milling Co., 241 U. S. 190. Mr. R. A. Kleinschmidt, Mr. W. F. Evans and Mr. E. H. Foster for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No.---- . Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of Elbert R. Robinson , Petit ioner . Submitted May 22, 1916. Decided June 5, 1916. Motion for leave to file an amended petition denied. Mr. Richard E. Westbrooks for the petitioner.
No. 578. Orange Wilson White , Plaintif f in Error , v . The State of Wyoming . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wyoming. Motion to dismiss submitted June 5, 1916. Decided June 12, 1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Railway, 228 U. S. 596, 600; Overton v. Oklahoma, 235 U. S. 31; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471-472. Mr. A. E.L. Leckie for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Douglas A. Preston for the defendant in error.
No. 687. Timoth y Healy , Appel lant , v . Samuel W. Backus , Commiss ioner , etc . Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Motion to dismiss and petition for writ of certiorari submitted June 5,1916. Decided June 12,1916. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Lau Ow Bew v. United States, 144 U. S. 47, 58; Whitney v. Dick, 202 U. S. 132, 135; McClellan v. Carland, 217 U. S. 268, 278. Petition for writ of certiorari herein granted. Mr. Marshall B. Woodworth for the appellant. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the appellee.
No.---- . Original. Ex parte: In the Matte r of Watts , Watt s & Co., Ltd ., Petit ioner . Submitted June 5,
1916. Decided June 12, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin, Mr. John M. Woolsey and Mr. Mark W. Maclay, Jr., for petitioner.
No.---- . Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of John H. Sears , as Trus tee , Petition er . Submitted June 5, 1916. Decided June 12, 1916. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Carroll G. Walter for the petitioner.
No. 225. Martin H. Free , Plaintif f in Error , v . The West ern Union Telegraph Comp any . Motion submitted May 22,1916. Decided June 12,1916. Motion to vacate judgment of dismissal herein of January 24, 1916, and to restore case to the docket granted. Mr. Frederick S. Tyler and Mr. B. I. Salinger for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Rush Taggart and Mr. Francis Raymond Stark for defendant in error. See page 684, post.
241 U. 8. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari.
Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari from January 17, 1916, to June 12, 1916.
No. 735. St . Louis Union Trust Comp any , Peti - tio ner , v. Mary E. Mellen et al . January 24, 1916. Ordered that the order entered herein on December 20, 1915, denying the petition for writ of certiorari, be vacated and set aside and the petition for writ of certiorari granted. (See 239 U. S. 648.) Mr. W. F. Wilson and Mr. Enoch A. Chase for the petitioner. Mr. J. H. Everest and Mr. R. M. Campbell for the respondents.
No. 720. Waldo P. Cleme nt et al ., Petit ion ers , v . D. W. James . January 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. John R. Abney and Mr. Hollins N. Randolph for the petitioners. Mr. Alexander W. Smith, Mr. Theodore A. Hammond, Mr. Victor Lamar Smith and Mr. Alexander W. Smith, Jr., for the respondent.
No. 768. Yee Kong , Petit ioner , v . W. W. Sibray , Immig ration Insp ecto r , et al . January 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Lowrie C. Barton for the petitioner. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the respondents.
No. 784. Houston Oil Company of Texas et al ., Petitio ners , v . Cornelia G. Goodrich et al . January 31, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Thomas M. Kennerly and Mr. Wil- p. 658Ham L. Marbury for the petitioners. Mr. William D. Gordon for the respondents.
No. 221. William A. Stowe , Plaint iff in Error , v . Emma F. Taylor . January 31, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of the State of Massachusetts or other proper proceeding under the act of Congress of December 23, 1914, denied. Mr. Hollis R. Bailey for the plaintiff in error, in support of the petition. No opposition.
No. 763. The National Bank of Commerce of Seattle , Petit ioner , v . The United States . January 31, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. James A. Kerr and Mr. E. S. McCord for the petitioner. No brief for the respondent.
No. 804. George L. Dure , Receiv er , etc ., Peti - tio ner , v. William C. Wright , Truste e , etc . January 31, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. John R. L. Smith for the petitioner. Mr. Orville A. Park and Mr. George S. Jones for the respondent.
No. 805. The Central Railr oad Compa ny of New Jersey , Peti tione r , v . The United States . February 21, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. p. 659Mr. Richard V. Lindabury for the petitioner. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant to the Attorney General Todd for the respondent.
No. 821. Bruce Borland , Petit ioner , v . The North - ern Trust Safe Deposi t Comp any . February 21, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. George P. Fisher and Mr. Josiah McRoberts for the petitioner. Mr. George Dudley Seymour, Mr. Robert H. Parkinson and Mr. Wallace R. Lane for the respondent.
No. 824. Natio nal Brake & Elect ric Comp any , Peti tioner , v . Niels A. Chris tens en et al . February 21, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Parker W. Page, Mr. Thomas B. Kerr, Mr. J. Snowden Bell and Mr. Charles A. Brown for the petitioner. Mr. Joseph B. Cotton, Mr. Willet M. Spooner and Mr. William R. Rummler for the respondents.
No. 820. Clark Pease , Petit ioner , v . Rathbun - Jones Engineeri ng Company . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Perry J. Lewis and Mr. E. C. Brandenburg for the petitioner. Mr. James D. Walthall for the respondent.
No. 827. William Filene ’s Sons Comp any , Peti - tione r , v. Charl es F. Weed et al . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States p. 660Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. Mr. James Butler Studley, Mr. Louis D. Brandeis, Mr. W. H. Dunbar and Mr. Francis B. James for the petitioner. Mr. Charles F. Choate, Jr., and Mr. Frederick H. Nash for the respondents.
No. 831. Robert H. Gardiner , etc ., Petiti oner , v . William S. Butler & Comp any (Inc .), etc . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. Mr. Bentley W. Warren and Mr. Francis B. James for the petitioner. Mr. Charles F, Choate, Jr., and Mr. Frederick H. Nash for the respondents.
No. 825. Antonio Ciff o , Petit ioner , v . Marie Cif fo . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Charles F. Carusi for the petitioner. Mr. W. Gwynn Gardiner for the respondent.
No. 834. Jose ph H. Courtne y , Trustee , etc ., Peti - tioner , v. Eugene A. Georger . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles P. Hine and Mr. Rufus S. Day for the petitioner. Mr. E. H. Letchworth for the respondent.
No. 836. St . Loui s & Southw est ern Railw ay Com - pany , Petit ion er , v . Cecelio Maciel et al . Feb- p. 661241 U. 8. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari.
ruary 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. E. B. Perkins and Mr. Edward A. Haid for the petitioner. Mr. Perry J. Lewis for the respondent.
No. 841. Press Publis hing Company , Petit ioner , v . Cass ius E. Gillet te . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Joseph H. Choate and Mr. Howard Taylor for the petitioner. Mr. D. Cady Herrick for the respondent.
No. 844. Harry B. Hollins , Petit ioner , v . A. Leo Everet t , Receiver , etc . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles K. Beekman and Mr. William C. Armstrong for the petitioner. Mr. Leonard B. Smith for the respondent.
No. 851. Mary C. Keyser et al ., Petit ion ers , v . W. H. Milt on , Receiver , etc . February 28, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Francis B. Carter, Mr. W. A. Blount and Mr. A. C. Blount for the petitioners. Mr. W. H. Watson for the respondent.
No. 852. El Dia Insurance Comp any , Petit ion er , v. Will iam S. Sincl air . February 28, 1916. Petition for p. 662a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Wendell P. Barker for the petitioner. Mr. William Otis Badger, Jr., for the respondent.
No. 839. W. E. Marti n , Jr ., Trustee , etc ., Peti - tio ner , v. Commerci al National Bank of Macon , Ga . March 6, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Rudolph S. Wimberly for the petitioner. Mr. George 8. Jones and Mr. Orville A. Park for the respondent.
No. 840. Jesse Isidor Straus et al ., etc ., Peti tion - ers , v. Victor Talkin g Machine Comp any . March 6, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Edmond E. Wise and Mr. Walter C. Noyes for the petitioners. Mr. Frederick A. Blount and Mr. Hector T. Fenton for the respondent.
No. 862. Union Trust Company , Petiti oner , v . Minnie Kahn Grosman et al . March 6, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. William H. Atwell for the petitioner. Mr. Francis Marion Etheridge and Mr. J. M. McCormick for the respondents.
No. 797. Jacob Blumentha l , Tradi ng as J. Blume n - thal & Compa ny , et al ., Petit ioners , v . Benjamin L. p. 663Strat et al ., etc . March 6, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. George F. Deisef for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondents.
No. 871. Tubular Woven Fabric Comp any , Peti - tion er , v. Natio nal Metal Moldin g Comp any . March 6, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. William Quinby, Mr. F. W. Lehmann, Mr. Frank Y. Gladney, Mr. Livingston Gifford and Mr. Peter G. Gerry for the petitioner. Mr. Charles F. Perkins for the respondent.
No. 878. Cecil F. Adams on , Petition er , v . David C. Gili lland . March 13, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. Percy B. Hills for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondent.
No. 848. George Rue , Petit ioner , v . The United States . March 13, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Cecil H. Smith for the petitioner. No brief for the respondent.
No. 877. Edwar d W. G. Meers et al ., Petit ion ers , v . Albert Childers . March 13, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals p. 664for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Julian C. Wilson, Mr. Walter P. Armstrong and Mr. Daniel W. Baker for the petitioners. No appearance for the respondents.
No. 870. Oscar J. Weeks , etc ., Petit ioner , v . The Unite d States . March 20, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Walter Jeffreys Carlin for the petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the respondent.
No. 880. The City of Colorado , Texas , Petitioner , v. Claris se M. Harrison . April 3, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Robert Toombs Neill for the petitioner. Mr. James T. Neville for the respondent.
No. 894. Alvin H. Stout , Petit ioner , v . The United States . April 3, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. H. L. Stuart and Mr. W. A. Ledbetter for the petitioner. No brief for the respondent.
No. 898. Will iam E. Crutch ley , Petit ioner , v . Natio nal Firep roofi ng Company . April 3, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Daniel W. Baker for the petitioner. Mr. Walter C. Clephane and Mr. Alan 0. Clephane for the respondent.
No. 901. C. W. Johnson , Truste e , etc ., Petit ioner , v. Louis ville Woole n Mills . April 3, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. David A. Sachs and Mr. David A. Sachs, Jr., for the petitioner. Mr. Keith L. Bullitt for the respondent.
No. 909. George A. Fulle r Company , Peti tione r , v. Otis Elevator Comp any . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Mr. Edward S. Duvall, Jr., for the petitioner. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. John Spalding Flannery for the respondent.
No. 911. Clark Pease et al ., Petit ion ers , v . Rathbun -Jones Engi neeri ng Company . April 10,1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. E. C. Brandenburg and Mr. Perry J. Lewis for the petitioners. No appearance for the respondent.
No. 924. Victo r Herbert et al ., Peti tione rs , v . The Shanley Company . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Nathan Burkan and Mr. W. J. Hughes for the petitioners. Mr. Abraham S. Gilbert for the respondent.
No. 930. The John Church Company , Peti tione r , v . Hilliar d Hotel Compa ny et al . April 10, 1916. p. 666Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Moses H. Grossman for the petitioner. Mr. Levi Cooke for the respondents.
No. 583. Hele n Hise et al ., Petit ion ers , v . West - ern Coal & Mini ng Company . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. John H. Vaughn for the petitioners. Mr. Edward J. White and Mr. Thomas B. Pryor for the respondent.
No. 683. Monad nock Mills , Petition er , v . Henry E. Fushey , Admin ist rator , etc . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. H. W. Parker for the petitioner. Mr. George F. Morris and Mr. Joseph Madden for the respondent.
No. 861. Gold Medal Camp Furnit ure Manufac - turing Comp any , Petiti oner , v . The Telesco pe Cot Bed Comp any . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles F. Fawsett for the petitioner. Mr. Alan D. Kenyon for the respondent.
No. 906. Percy B. Sulliva n , Petit ion er , v . The Unite d States . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for p. 667the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Leslie A. Gilmore and Mr. Frank S. Bright for the petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the respondent.
No. 917. Franklin Huff et al ., Petitioner s , v . The United State s . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. C. L. Bartlett, Mr. Marion Smith, Mr. John D. Little, Mr. Arthur G. Powell and Mr. M. F. Goldstein for the petitioners. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General, and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the respondent.
No. 922. Beler Water Heater Company , Peti - tion er , v. Pittsbu rgh Water Heate r Comp any . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Melville Church for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondent.
No. 931. Paul Englis h et al ., Petition ers , v . Ella Wyman Brown et al . April 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. H. C. Brome and Mr. Andrew Foulds, Jr., for the petitioners. Mr. Chauncey G. Parker for the respondents.
No. 937. Henry C. Call agha n , Peti tione r , v . The Commonw ealth of Massachuse tts . April 10, 1916. p. 668Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of the State of Massachusetts denied. Mr. Bernard J. Killian, Mr. Charles Toye, and Mr. Joseph F. O’Connell for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondent.
No. 905. W. A. Gaines & Comp any , Peti tio ner , v . Hellman Distil ling Comp any , etc . April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. James Love Hopkins, Mr. Edmund F. Trabue and Mr. D. W. Lindsay for the petitioner. Mr. W. T. Ellis and Mr. Luther Ely Smith for the respondent.
No. 916. W. G. Simps on et al ., Petition ers , v . The Unite d States . April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. William H. Atwell for the petitioners. No brief for the respondent.
No. 921. Charles T. Tucker , Petiti oner , v . The United States . April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles T. Tucker, pro se, Mr. Nathaniel H. Maxwell and Mr. Francis B. James for the petitioner. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the respondent.
No. 933. John K. Rose , etc ., et al ., Petit ione rs , v . Peter Mc Clella nd , Jr . April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of p. 669Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. J. J. Darlington, Mr. Richard I. Munroe and Mr. Marshall Surratt for the petitioners. Mr. Francis Marion Etheridge and Mr. Joseph Manson McCormick for the respondent.
No. 944. Ann S. Hopki ns , Petit ioner , v . Lawren ce Hull , Trus tee , etc . April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. J. Grattan Macmahon for the petitioner. Miss Winifred Sullivan for the respondent.
No. 946. Alexande r Nisbet , as Commis sioner , etc ., Petiti oner , v . The Federal Title & Trust Comp any . April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Elijah N. Zoline and Mr. John T. Bottom for the petitioner. Mr. Ernest Morris and Mr. William W. Grant, Jr., for the respondent.
No. 954. The Unite d States , as Truste e , etc ., Petitioner , v . Hiram Chase . April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the petitioner. Mr. Hiram Chase and Mr. William R. King for the respondent.
No. 923. R. L. Moulden , Trus tee , etc ., Petit ioner , v. Parlin & Orendorff Implem ent Comp any et al . p. 670April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Jesse P. Yates for the petitioners. Mr. Francis Marion Etheridge, and Mr. Joseph Manson McCormick for the respondents.
No. 948. Mason & Hanger Company , Petit ione r , v . Michael Sharo n . April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Herman S. Hertwig for the petitioner. Mr. Sydney A. Syme for the respondent.
-No. 956. Stearns Coal & Lumber Company , Peti - tioner , v. John S. Van Winkle et al . April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. James N. Sharp for the petitioner. Mr. James Garnett for the respondents.
No. 938. Harry Oli ver , Petition er , v . The United States . May 1, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. George A. Knight and Mr. Charles J. Heggerty for the petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the respondent.
No. 949. John P. Broga n , Petit ioner , v . The Na - tional Surety Comp any . May 1, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of p. 671Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. John A. Cline for the petitioner. Mr. Thomas H. Hogsett for the respondent.
No. 856. George W. Bowen , etc ., Petition er , v . Dicks Press Guard Manuf actur ing Compa ny et al . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles F. Fawsett for the petitioner. Respondents for themselves.
No. 955. The Mayor and City Council of Balti - more , Petit ioner , v . The Unit ed Railways & Elect ric Comp any of Balti more . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland denied. Mr. S. S. Field for the petitioner. Mr. Sylvan Hayes Lauchheimer for the respondent.
No. 958. William W. Downey , Receiv er , etc ., Pe - titione r , v. Hartf ord Fire Insurance Comp any . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Malcolm Jackson and Mr. John 0. Henson for the petitioner. Mr. W. Calvin Chesnut and Mr. John W. Davis for the respondent.
No. 967. Guaranty Trust Compa ny of New York et al ., Petit ioners , v . Bettendor f Axle Company . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the p. 672United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Alfred W. Kiddle for the petitioners. Mr. James R. Sheffield for the respondent.
No. 970. The Bronx National Bank , Petit ioner , v. Marcus Rosen thal , Trus tee , etc . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles D. Folsom and Mr. John Hall Jones for the petitioner. Mr. Eugene L. Bondy for the respondent.
No. 972. J. A. Fellers , Adminis trator , etc ., Peti - tioner , v. Chicag o , Lake Shore & South Bend Rail - way Comp any . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John N. Hughes for the petitioner. Mr. S. H. Tolles for the respondent.
No. 976. Bates County , in the State of Missouri , et al ., Petit ioners , v . Percy A. Hippl e et al ., etc . May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. John T. Barker for the petitioner. Mr. William M. Williams for the respondents.
No. 980. Virgin ia Rail wa y & Power Company et al ., Petitioners , v . Charles Hall Davis . May 8,1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. p. 673Mr. E. Randolph Williams, Mr. Eppa Hunton, Jr., Mr. Henry W. Anderson, Mr. Charles Howland and Mr. Arthur H. Van Brunt for the petitioners. Mr. James Mann for the respondent.
No. 983. Briti sh Steam shi p Company (Ltd .), etc ., Peti tione r , v . Mary A. Clarke . May 8,1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin, Mr. Charles R. Hickox and Mr. Mark W. Maclay, Jr., for the petitioner. Mr. William A. Blount, Mr. A. C. Blount and Mr. F. B. Carter for the respondent.
No. 984. The National Carbo n Company et al ., Petitio ners , v . The Ohio Motor Car Company et al . May 22, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. W. B. Mente for the petitioners. Mr. Province M. Pogue and Mr. Harry M. Hoffheimer for the respondents.
No. 996. W. L. Wils on , Peti tione r , v . Frank Waldo et al . May 22, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Julius C. Martin, Mr. Thomas S. Rollins and Mr. George H. Wright for the petitioner. Mr. James H. Merrimon for the respondents.
No. 999. Cresce nt Mil li ng Company , Peti tione r , v- The H, N, Strait Manufacturing Comp any . May 22,
1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. E. C. Brandenburg and Mr. Harris Richardson for the petitioner. Mr. John I. Dille for the respondents.
No. 973. Alice State Bank et al ., Petitioners , v . Housto n Pasture Comp any . May 22, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Henry W. Taft and Mr. Walter P. Napier for the petitioners. Mr. William D. Gordon for the respondent.
No. 978. L. T. Hays , Petition er , v . The Unite d States . May 22, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. Harry 0. Glasser for the petitioner. No brief for respondent.
No. 998. William Mc Coach , Collec tor , etc ., Peti - tio ner , v. Insurance Comp any of North Amer ica . May 22, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the petitioner. Mr. G. W. Pepper and Mr. Bayard Henry for the respondent.
No. 1018. William H. Miner , Peti tione r , v . The T. H. Symington Comp any . June 5,1916. Petition for a p. 675writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Mr. Charles C. Linthicum and Mr. George I. Haight for the petitioner. Mr. Melville Church for the respondent.
No. 985. H. B. Hollins & Comp any , Petition er , v . A. Leo Everett , as Receiv er , etc . June 5, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles K. Beekman and Mr. William C. Armstrong for the petitioners. Mr. Leonard B. Smith for the respondent.
No. 994. Lehigh & Wilkes barr e Coal Company , Petiti oner , v . Hartf ord & New York Trans por tati on Compa ny . June 5, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Jackson E. Reynolds for the petitioner. Mr. John W. Griffin for the respondent.
No. 1005. William H. Cooper , Petition er , v . The United States . June 5, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. John W. Griggs for the petitioner. No brief filed for the respondent.
No. 1007. William F. Murray , Postmaster , Peti - tione r , v. Post Publishing Company . June 5, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States p. 676Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the petitioner. Mr. Edmund A. Whitman for the respondent.
No. 1015. William I. Lewis , etc ., Peti tio ner , v . Internati onal Steam Pump Compa ny et al . June 5, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Merritt Lane and Mr. W. Bourke Cochran for the petitioner. Mr. Charles H. Russell, Mr. Paul D. Cravath and Mr. William W. Green for the respondents.
No. 1017. The Distr ict of Columbi a , Petiti oner , v . Washingt on Gas Light Company . June 5, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Conrad H. Syme and Mr. F. H. Stephens for the petitioner. Mr. Benjamin S. Minor, Mr. Colley W. Bell and Mr. J. J. Darlington for the respondent.
No. 1022. Whit ney Earle Harmon , Petit ione r , v . The Unite d States . June 5,1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. A. Coulter Wells for the petitioner. No brief filed for the respondent.
No. 1013. Marcon i Wirel ess Tele graph Comp any of America , Petit ioner , v . Emil J. Simon . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States p. 677Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. John W. Griggs for the petitioner. Mr. Walter H. Pumphrey, Mr. Zell G. Rowe and Mr. Harry Lea Dodson for the respondent.
No. 1046. Watts , Watts & Comp any , Petit ioner , v . Unio ne Austr iaca de Navigazione , etc . June 12,1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin, Mr. John M. Woolsey and Mr. Mark W. Maclay, Jr., for the petitioner. Mr. Charles S. Haight for the respondent.
No. 1041. Fields S. Pendl eto n , Petit ioner , v . Ben - ner Line . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted, conditioned on the petitioner furnishing a bond within twenty days in an amount to secure payment of the judgment, the amount of the bond to be satisfactory to the circuit justice and to be approved by him. Mr. Avery F. Cushman and Mr. Harvey D. Goulder for the petitioner. Mr. D. Roger Englar for the respondent.
No. 706. The United States ex rel . William F. Arant v . Frankli n K. Lane , Secre tary of the In - ter ior . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to bring up the whole record and cause denied. Mr. Samuel Maddox, Mr. H. Prescott Gatley and Mr. J. H. Carnahan for Arant.
Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 241 U. 8.
No. 764. Cynthia Linds ay , Petition er , v . Chicago , Burling ton & Quincy Railroad Company . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. E. T. Thompson for the petitioner. Mr. F. B. Daniels and Mr. William Burry for the respondent.
Nos. 991 and 992. The Badders Clothing Company , Petit ioner , v . The Burn ham -Munger -Root Dry Goods Company et al . June 12, 1916. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. J. H. Harmless, Mr. D. R. Hite and Mr. Clifford Histed for the petitioner. Mr. Edwin A. Krauthoff for the respondents.
No. 1001. John W. Enright et al ., Peti tion ers , v . Arthur Yancey . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Grafton L. McGill for the petitioners. Mr. John Dymond, Jr., and Mr. A. Griffen Levy for the respondent.
No. 1006. Union Terminal Company et al ., Peti - tioners , v. Turne r Construc tion Comp any . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. J. T. G. Crawford for the petitioners. Mr. Richard P. Marks for the respondent.
No. 1014. James F. Bis hop , Admin ist rator , etc ., Petition er , v . Edward B. Pryor , Receiver , etc . p. 679June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. E. F. Thompson for the petitioner. Mr. John M. Zane, Mr. Charles F. Morse and Mr. J. L. Minnis for the respondent.
No. 1019. The Firs t National Bank of Roswell , Petit ione r , v . Hoggson Brothe rs . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. William C. Reid for the petitioner. Mr. Selden Bacon for the respondent.
No. 1020. Joseph F. Wilson & Company , Claima nt , etc ., Petition er , v . South Atlanti c Steam shi p Com - pany . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin, Mr. William R. Leaken and Mr. Mark W. Maclay, Jr., for the petitioner. Mr. Samuel B. Adams for the respondent.
No. 1024. Cornel ia E. Clement , Petit ioner , v . Mary Ann Whitt aker , etc . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Robert H. McCarter and Mr. Gilbert Collins for the petitioner. Mr. Bayard Stockton for the respondents.
No. 1026. St . Louis Southw est ern Railw ay Com - pany , Petit ion er , v . W. H. Mc Laughl in et al .
Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 241 U. 8.
June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Edward A. Haid, Mr. A. L. Burford and Mr. W. T. Wooldridge for the petitioner. Mr. George B. Rose, Mr. W. E. Hemingway, Mr. J. F. Loughborough and Mr. V. M. Miles for the respondents.
No. 1027. Maldonado & Comp any , Petit ione r , v . New York & Cuba Mail Steams hip Comp any . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Daniel P. Hays for the petitioner. Mr. Norman B. Beecher and Mr. Roscoe H. Hupper for the respondent.
No. 1028. J. Bacon & Sons , Petition er , v . Robert C. Kinkead . June 12,1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. William Marshall Bullitt for the petitioner. Mr. H. H. Nettelroth for the respondent.
No. 1036. Montgomery Ward & Compa ny (Inc .), ' Petit ioner , v . Iowa Washing Machine Compa ny .
June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Taylor E. Brown and Mr. Clarence E. Mehlhope for the petitioner. Mr. Robert H. Parkinson and Mr. Wallace R. Lane for the respondent.
No. 1039. Westinghouse Elect ric & Manufactur -
ing Comp any et al ., Petit ioners , v . Idaho -Oregon p. 681Light & Power Company et al . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles E. Rushmore and Mr. Wilton J. Lambert for the petitioners. Mr. James H. Richards and Mr. Oliver 0. Haga for the respondents.
No. 1040. Grand Trunk Railw ay Company , Peti - tioner , v. The United States . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. G. W. Kretzinger, Jr., for the petitioner. No brief filed for respondent.
No. 1042. William E. D. Stoke s et al ., Petitioners , v. Howard H. Williams et al . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Charles L. Craig for the petitioners. Mr. Albert C. Wall, Mr. Howard H. Williams and Mr. George C. Kobbe for the respondents.
No. 1045. Truss ed Concrete Steel Comp any , Peti - tioner , v. Corrugated Bar Comp any . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Fred L. Chappell and Mr. William S. Hodges for the petitioner. Mr. James A. Carr for the respondent.
No. 1050. The L. P. & J. A. Smit h Company , Peti - tion er , v. Calum et Transit Company , etc . June 12, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States p. 682Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Harvey D. Goulder and Mr. Frank S. Masten for the petitioner. Mr. William B. Cady and Mr. Francis S. Laws for the respondent.
No. 1051. The Hawg ood & Avery Transi t Com - pany , Petit ioner , v . The Meaford Transpor tati on Company ; and
No. 1052. The Hawgood & Avery Transit Com - pany , Petit ion er , v . Ellen Willi ams , Admini stratri x , etc . June 12, 1916. Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Harvey D. Goulder for the petitioner. Mr. Charles E. Kremer and Mr. George L. Canfield for the respondents.
No. 1053. Independent Pneumatic Tool Comp any , Peti tione r , v . Burke Electric Company . June 12, 1916. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. John Robert Taylor and Mr. L. S. Bacon for the petitioner. Mr. Clifton V. Edwards for the respondent.
CASES DISPOSED OF WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT FROM JANUARY 12, 1916, TO JUNE 12, 1916.
No. 173. Carrie H. Colli ns et al ., Plaintif fs in Error , v . Rufus Philip s et al ., Trust ees , etc ., et al . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of p. 683Pennsylvania. January 12, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Charles K. Robinson and Mr. James W. Collins for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. William J. Kyle and Mr. John C. Bane for the defendants in error.
No. 177. D. F. Deaton , Plaintif f in Error , v . The Common wea lth of Kentucky . In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. January 13, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Edward S. Jouett for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 192. The United State s , Appe llant , v . Mel - ven Booth , Adminis trator , etc . Appeal from the Court of Claims. January 17, 1916. Dismissed on motion of Mr. Solicitor General Davis for the appellant. The Attorney General for the appellant. Mr. George A. King for the appellee.
No. 206. J. C. Mc Clelland , as State Auditor of the State of Oklaho ma , et al ., Appe lla nts , v . Mis - so uri , Kansas & Texas Railway Comp any . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Oklahoma. January 20, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Charles West for the appellants. No appearance for the appellee.
No. 190. Rebecca Loth et al ., Plaintif fs in Error , v. The City of St . Louis et al . In error to the Supreme
Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court. 241 U. 8.
Court of the State of Missouri. January 20, 1916. Dismissed with costs oïl motion of Mr. David Goldsmith for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. David Goldsmith for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Truman P. Young for the defendants in error.
No. 753. Chu Tai Ngan , Petition er , v . Samuel W. Backus , Commiss ioner , etc . January 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit dismissed on motion of counsel for the petitioner. Mr. 0. P. Stidger and Mr. C. L. Bouve for the petitioner. No brief for the respondent.
No. 225. Martin H. Free , Plaint iff in Error , v . The West ern Union Telegrap h Comp any . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin. January 24, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. B. I. Salinger and Mr. Frederick S. Tyler for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Rush Taggart, Mr. George H. Fearons and Mr. Francis Raymond Stark for the defendant in error.
[Note: This judgment was set aside and case restored to docket June 12, 1916. See p. 656, ante.]
No. 251. Anna Young , Appellant , v . West End Street Railway Company et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. January 26,1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Burton E. Eames for the appellant. Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. Charles A. Williams for the appellees.
No. 252. Amy Curtis , Appe llant , v . West End Street Rail wa y Comp any et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Massachusetts. January 26, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Burton E. Eames for the appellant. Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. Evans Browne and Mr. Charles A. Williams for the appellees.
No. 868. CoNGREGACION DE LA MISSION DE SAN Vlcent e de Paul , Appel lant , v . Franc isc o Reyes y Mija res and El Banco Esp anol Fili pino . Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands. February 21, 1916. Docketed and dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. Evans Browne for the appellees. Mr. Evans Browne for the appellees. No one opposing.
No. 313. W. C. Hagan et al ., Plaintif fs in Error , v. Madis on F. Larkin . In error to the Superior Court of Cochise County, State of Arizona. February 21, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiffs in error. Mr.. Benjamin C. Tunnison for the plaintiffs in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 544. Southern Orego n Company , Plainti ff in Error , v . W. W. Gage , Sher iff of Coos County , Ore . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. February 21, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Joseph Simon and Mr. John M. Gearin for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 584. Erie Railr oad Comp any , Plaintif f in Error , v . George Prowski , as Admin ist rator , etc . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. February 21, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. George F. Brownell for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 243. The Curtice Brothers Comp any , Appe l - lant , v. Harry E. Barnard et al . Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. February 23, 1916. Dismissed without costs to either party, per stipulation of counsel. Mr. Lawrence Maxwell for the appellant. Mr. Bert Winters for the appellees.
No. 13, Original. The State of South Dakota , Com - plainant , v. Charles H. Cassi ll . February 29, 1916. Dismissed per stipulation of counsel. Mr. Clarence C. Caldwell, Mr. Edward E. Wagner and Mr. Robert J. Gamble for the complainant. Mr. Charles H. Cassill, pro se.
No. 298. Northern Express Company , Plai nti ff in Error , v . The State of Washi ngton . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. February 29, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles W. Bunn for the plaintiff in error. Mr. W. V. Tanner for the defendant in error.
No. 10. Joe Judge and M. Buntin g , Plai nti ffs in Error , v . Frank M. Powers , Judge , etc ., et al . In p. 687error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. March 2, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. Frederick S. Tyler for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. B. I. Salinger and Mr. Frederick S. Tyler for the plaintiffs in error. • No appearance for the defendants in error.
No. 267.- National Surety Compa ny et al ., Plain - tiff s in Error , v . The United States to the use of J. A. Hollinge r et al . In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. March 6, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. A. C. Stamm for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. John E. Fox for the defendants in error.
No. 221. William A. Stowe , Plaint iff in Error , v. Emma F. Taylor . In error to the Superior Court of the State of Massachusetts. March 8, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Hollis R. Bailey for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James H. Veahey for the defendant in error.
No. 297. J. F. Cunningham , Appell ant , v . J. P. Flournoy , Sherif f , etc ., et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisiana. March 14, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Taliaferro Alexander for the appellant. No appearance for the appellees.
No. 304. Mass achuse tts Bonding & Insurance Comp any , Plainti ff in Error , v . Realt y Trust Com - p. 688pany et al . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. March 15, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. John D. Little, Mr. Arthur G. Powell, Mr. Marion Smith, Mr. Max F. Goldstein and Mr. Eugene Dodd for the plaintiff in error. Mr. William A. Wimbish, Mr. Leonard Haas and Mr. Hudson Moore for the defendants in error.
No. 738. Judso n Harmon , Receiver , etc ., Plaint if f in Error , v . Andrew C. Brown , Adminis trator , etc . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. March 17, 1916. Dismissed with costs, per stipulation. Mr. John B. Elam for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James E. Watson for the defendant in error.
No. 315. Franc isc o Goenaga y Olsa et al ., Appel - lant s , v. Elisa Gallardo y Seary et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico. March 17, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the appellant. Mr. N. B. K. Pettingill for the appellants. Mr. Frederic R. Coudert and Mr. Howard Thayer Kingsbury for the appellees.
No. 932. Georg e Wakefield , Appell ant , v . John J. Bradl ey , Marsh al , etc ., et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. April 3, 1916. Docketed and dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. Solicitor General Davis for the appellees. The Attorney General for the appellees. No one opposing.
No. 276. Lucius E. Judson , as Truste e , etc ., Peti - tioner , v. William A. Nash , as Trustee , etc ., et al . On writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. April 3, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Oscar A. Lewis for the petitioner. Mr. John M. Bowers for the respondent.
No. 526. William Whalley , Plaintif f in Error , v . Philadelp hia & Readin g Railw ay Company . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. April 3, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Augustus Trask Ashton and Mr. John C. Bell for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Wm. Clarke Mason for the defendant in error.
No. 713. Chin Quock Wah , Appellant , v . Henry M. White , Commiss ioner , etc . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington. April 3, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Joseph F. O’Connell for the appellant. The Attorney General for the appellee.
No. 934. M. Heimer , Plaintif f in Error , v . The State of Georgi a . In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Georgia. April 5, 1916. Docketed and dismissed with costs on motion of Mr. William Wallace, Jr., in behalf of counsel for the defendant in error. Mr. Wm. Wallace, Jr., for the defendant in error. No one opposing.
No. 609. American Surety Company of New York , Plainti ff in Error , v . The State of Idaho , to and for the Use and Bene fit of Clara Mill s et al . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Idaho. April 17, 1916. Dismissed, each party paying its own costs, per stipulation of counsel. Mr. James H. Richards and Mr. Oliver 0. Haga for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Joseph H. Peterson for the defendants in error.
No. 718. S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Com - pany , Petit ion er , v . Oscar H. Piep er et al ., etc . On writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. April 17, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the petitioner. Mr. Henry N. Paul, Jr., Mr. Joseph C. Fraley and Mr. Edward Rector for the petitioner. Mr. Charles A. Brown for the respondent.
No. 461. George W. Caldwell et al ., etc ., Plain - tiff s in Error , v . George W. Donaghe y et al . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas. April 24, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. J. W. Blackwood for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. W. E. Hemingway, Mr. G. B. Rose and Mr. J. F. Loughborough for the defendants in error.
No. 789. Swi ft & Comp any , Plaintif f in Error , v . Agnes Catan i. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. April 24, 1916. Dismissed per stipulation. Mr. Charles B. Lenahan for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Rush Trescott for the defendant in error.
No. 39. John F. Cubbins , Appellant , v . Miss iss ipp i River Commi ssi on et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Tennessee. April 24, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Barnette E. Moses for the appellant. Mr. H. F. Roleson for the appellees.
No. 24. Original. Ex parte: In the Matter of the Motion Picture Patents Company , Petit ioner . April 24, 1916. Petition for writ of mandamus dismissed on motion of counsel for petitioner. Mr. Melville Church for the petitioner.
No. 379. James F. Thrift , Comp trolle r of the City of Baltimore , Plainti ff in Error , v . Phili p D. Laird . In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland. April 28, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Alexander Preston and Mr. S. 8. Field for the plaintiff in error. Mr. W. Cabell Bruce for the defendant in error.
No. 346. The United States of Americ a , Appel lant , v. The Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railw ay Company et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. May 1, 1916. Dismissed on motion of Mr. Solicitor General Davis for the appellant. The Attorney General for the appellant. No appearance for the appellees.
No. 238. The Pennsyl vania Railro ad Company , Plaint iff in Error , v . Kate Setera , as Administ ra - p. 692trix , etc . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. May 1, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. Harold J. Adams for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 771. A. ,S. Dowd , Receiver , etc ., et al ., Plain - tiff s in Error , v . United Mine Workers of Ameri ca et al . In error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. May 2, 1916. Dismissed with costs on motion of Mr. J. B. McDonough for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. James B. McDonough for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. George L. Grant and Mr. Henry Warrum for the defendants in error.
No. 272. Mark Craig , Plainti ff in Error , v . Com - monwealth of Kentucky . In error to the Hardin County Quarterly Court, the State of Kentucky. Argued for defendant in error May 3,1916. Decided May 3,1916. Judgment reversed with costs and cause remanded for further proceedings upon confession of error by the defendant in error and motion of Mr. Arthur H. Mann for the defendant in error. Mr. Hobson L. James for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Arthur H. Mann for the defendant in error.
No. 377. Porter Laws on , Plaint iff in Error , v . The State of Louis iana . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. May 4, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Taliaferro Alexander for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 306. The Unit ed States et al ., Appell ants , v . St . Louis , Iron Mountain & Southern Railw ay Com - pany et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Illinois. May 22, 1916. Dismissed on motion of Mr. Solicitor General Davis for the appellants. The Attorney General for the appellants. Mr. Edward A. Haid and Mr. Henry G. Herbel for the appellees.
No. 387. The Cincinnati , New Orleans & Texas Pacif ic Railw ay Comp any , Plain tif f in Error , v . E. G. Massin gale , as Admin is trator , et al . In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. May 22, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. John Galvin and Mr. Edward Colston for the plaintiff in error. Mr. James N. Sharpe for the defendants in error.
No. 873. Postal Tele graph Comp any , Appellant , v . The City of Portland . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Oregon. June 5, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the appellant. Mr. William D. Fenton and Mr. Alfred A. Hampson for the appellant. No appearance for the appellee.
No. 903. Nico la Cerri , as Italian Consular Agent , etc ., Plainti ff in Error , v . Giovanni Pagano , Admin is - trator , etc . In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. June 5, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Newton D. Baker for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.
No. 727. Charles Frank et al ., Appe llant s , v . Union Pacific Railroad Company et al . Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. June 12, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the appellants. Mr. Samuel Untermyer, Mr. Louis Marshall, Mr. Myron L. Learned and Mr. Abraham Benedict for the appellants. Mr. N. H. Loomis for the appellees.