No. 216. James Mc Willi ams Blue Line , Inc . v. Pennsylvani a R. Co., 284 U.S. 640 (1931)

No. 216. James Mc Willi ams Blue Line , Inc ., et al . v. Pennsylvani a R. Co .;

No. 244. Pennsy lvania R. Co . v . James Mc Williams Blue Line , Inc ., et al . ; and

No. 264. Long Beach -on -the -Ocean , Inc ., v . Penn - sylvania R. Co. October 19, 1931. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. Anthony V. Lynch, George V. A. McCloskey, Warner Pyne, and Leo J. Curren for James McWilliams Blue Line, Inc., et al. Mr. Chauncey I. Clark for the Pennsylvania R. Co. Mr. Warner Pyne for Long Beach-on-the-Ocean, Inc. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 559.

No. 219. Fes se nden v . Wilson et al . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals denied. Mr. Reginald A. Fessenden, pro se. Mr. DeWitt C. Tanner for respondents Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 422.

No. 221. Pitts v . Peak . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. T. Morris Wampler for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour and Neil Burkinshaw for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 485.

No. 222. Interstate Trans it Co . v . Rogers . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of California denied. Annette Abbott Adams for petitioner. Mr. Francis Carr for respondent. Reported below: 297 Pac. 884.

No. 224. Wells v . Chesap eake & Ohio Ry . Co . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. R. B. Newcomb for petitioner. Mr. Fred C. Rector for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 251.

No. 225. John S. Phipps v . Bowers , Executor ;

No. 226. Henry C. Phipp s v . Same ;

No. 227. How ard Phipps v . Same ; and

No. 228. Martin v . Same . October 19, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Louis Titus for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, Miss Helen R. Carloss, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, Wm. H. RUey, Jr., and Clarence M. Charest for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 996.

No. 229. Carr v . Kingsbury , Chief of the Divis ion of State Lands ;

No. 230. Maggart v . Same ;

No. 231. Feis thamel v . Same ;

No. 232. Cumings v . Same ; and

No. 233. Joyne r v . Same . October 19, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the District Court of Appeal, 4th Appellate District of California, denied. Mr. George B. Bush for petitioners. Mr. U. S. Webb, Attorney General of California, for respondent. Reported below: 295 Pac. 586, 590, 591.

No. 234. Jones et al . v . Mellon , Secretary . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Harry J. Gerrity for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, and

Messrs. T. H. Lewis, Jr., Whitney North Seymour, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 431.

No. 235. Morse Dry Dock & Repair Co. v. Lan - cashi re Shipping Co ., Ltd . ;

No. 236. Same v . Tokio Marine & Fire Ins . Co .;

No. 237. Same v . Standard Trans port atio n Co . ; and No. 238. Same v . Standa rd Oil Co . October 19, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Courtland Palmer for petitioner. Messrs. George Whitefield Betts, Jr., and Leonard J. Matteson for respondents. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 1077.

No. 239. Pugh , Executri x , et al . v . Burnet , Com - missi oner of Internal Reve nue . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Messrs. Rush L. Holland, George E. Strong, Frank J. Looney, and Judson M. Grimmet for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, Hayner N. Larson, and W. Marvin Smith for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 76.

No. 240. Alle n , Receive r , v . Kell y , Ass ess or . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. George B. Webster for petitioner. Mr. K. Berry Peterson for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 876.

No. 243. Boheni k v . Delaware & Hudson Co . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Sol Gelb for petitioner. Messrs. H. T. Newcomb and Carl E. Whitney for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 722.

No. 246. Hallam v . Commerce Mini ng & Royalt y Co . et al . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. Mr. Joseph W. Howell for petitioner. Messrs. A. Scott Thompson, Ray McNaughton, George S. Ramsey, and F. D. Adams for respondents. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 103.

No. 247. Sadi v . Unite d States . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Max J. Kohler for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Harry S. Ridgely, and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 1040.

No. 249. Tennes see R. Co . v . Thompson . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. J. A. Fowler for petitioner. Mr. W. T. Kennerly for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 892.

No. 253. Slaughter v . C. C. Slaughter Co . et al . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. C. M. Chambers for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 210.

No. 256. Havene r v . Unite d States . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. Messrs. James M. Johnson and Donald W. Johnson for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Harry S. Ridgely, and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 196.

No. 257. Riege l v . Public Util iti es Comm iss ion . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. E. C. Riegel, pro se. Messrs. Wm. W. Bride and Wm. A. Roberts for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 1023.

No. 260. Maryla nd Casua lty Co . v . Unite d States . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. J. F. Dammann for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and John G. Remey for the United States. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 556.

No. 261. Unaka & City National Bank v . Unite d States . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. John W. Price for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour and J. Louis Monarch for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 1031.

No. 262. Fort Worth Independent School Distr ict v. Aetna Casualt y & Surety Co . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Robert M. Rowland for petitioner. Mr. John T. Pearson for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 1.

Nos. 267 and 268. Life & Casu alty Ins . Co . v . Hea th - cott . October 19, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Tennessee and to the Court of Civil Appeals of Tennessee, denied. Mr. J. Carlton Loser for petitioner. No appearance for respondent.

No. 269. Mitc hell v . Commi ssione r of Internal Revenue . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Graham Sumner for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. J. Louis Monarch and Paul D. Miller for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 697.

No. 271. Davis v . United States . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. William J. Berne for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Harry S. Ridgely, and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 47 F. (2d) 1071.

No. 272. Corbett v . Burnet , Commis sio ner of In - ternal Reve nue . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Messrs. John E. Hughes and William Cogger for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, John G. Remey, and W. Marvin Smith for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 492.

No. 273. Cleveland -Clif fs Steamshi p Co . v . Cargill Grain Co . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Minnesota denied. Messrs. Tracy H. Duncan, Frederick L. Leckie, and Edgar W. McPherran for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 182 Minn. 516; 235 N. W. 268.

No. 274. Diam ond et al . v . New York Life Ins . Co . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Messrs. Walter Bachrach and Benjamin C. Bachrach for petitioners. Messrs. Frank H. Scott, Homer H. Cooper, and Louis H. Cooke for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 884.

No. 275. Fromm el Realty & Investm ent Co . et al . v. Unite d States . October 19, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Robert Ash for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Young quist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, William Cutler Thompson, and Paul D. Miller for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 73.

No. 174. Interstate Natural Gas Co ., Ino ., et al . v . Arent . See same case, ante, p. 580.

No. 195. Salvatierra et al . v . Indepe ndent School Dis trict et al . See same case, ante, p. 580.

No. 276. Canal Steel Works , Inc ., v . One Drag Line Dredge . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Nicholas G. Carbajal for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 212.

No. 278. Mary A. Lineberry v . Woodwa rd & Loth - rop ; and

No. 279. Willie E. Linebe rry v . Same . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Messrs. Richard L. Merrick and Elwood P. Morey for petitioners. Messrs. Frederic D. McKenney, John S. Flannery, and G. Bowdoin Craighill for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 314, 317.

No. 280. Engelsberg v . Unite d States . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. W. D. Stewart for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. John J. Byrne and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 479.

No. 281. Gitlow v. Kiely , Postm aste r . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Arthur G. Hays for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour and Harry S^ Ridgely for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 1077.

No. 283. Ray et al . v . Silve r Sprin gs Paradise Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Henry J. Richardson for petitioners. Mr. H. P. Adair for respondent.

No. 284. Gluck v . Kemp er . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri denied. Messrs. Walter H. Saunders and J. L. London for petitioner. Mr. Oscar Habenicht for respondent. Reported below: 39 S. W. (2d) 330.

No. 285. Chemic al Foundati on , Inc ., v . General Electric Co . et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. Hugh.M. Morris, John F. Neary, and Louis W. McKernan for petitioner. Messrs. Charles Neave and Stephen H. Philbin for respondents. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 697.

No. 288. Walker et al . v . Sutherland , Alien Prop - erty Custod ian , et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Oregon denied. Mr. James J. Crossley for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General St. Lewis, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour and Thomas E. Rhodes for respondents. Reported below: 299 Pac. 335.

No. 289. Robillard , Execut or , v . Burnet , Comm is - sion er of Inter nal Reve nue . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Basil Robillard for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and A. H. Conner for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 1083.

No. 290. Burr owes , Receive r , v . Goodman , Execu - trix . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Francis L. Driscoll for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 92.

No. 295. Wise v . Miller et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama denied. Messrs. J. T. Stokely and & P. Smith for petitioner. Mr. Needham A. Graham, Jr., for respondents. Reported below: 134 So. 468.

No. 298. Wadswort h Electric Mfg . Co. v. West ing - hous e Elec tric & Mfg . Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Messrs. Thomas G. Haight and Walter F. Murray for petitioner. Mr. Drury W. Cooper for respondent. Reported below: 36 F. (2d) 319; 51 F. (2d) 447.

No. 299. Mons errat v . Carmelo et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands denied. Messrs. Clyde Alton DeWitt and Eugene Arthur Perkins for petitioner. No appearance for respondents.

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No. 302. Fafali os v . Doak , Secre tary of Labor . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Ward Bonsall for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Harry S. Ridgely, W. Marvin Smith, and Albert E. Reitzel for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 640.

No. 303. Stratt on et al ., Executors , v . Unite d States . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. G. Philip Wardner for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and Andrew D. Sharpe for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 48.

No. 304. Miller v . Unite d States ; and

No. 305. Hoffman v . Same . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Patrick J. Friel for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. John J. Byrne and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 505.

No. 306. Warren & Arthu r Smadbeck , Inc ., v . Hel - ing Cont rac tin g Corp . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. Marion DeVries and Samuel J. Rawak for petitioner. Messrs. John W. Griffin and Warthon Poor for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 99.

No. 307. Diamond v . Mc Mahon . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Errors and Appeals of New Jersey denied. Mr. Thomas G. Haight for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 108 N. J. Eq. 263; 154 Atl. 840.

No. 312. Laughlin , Admi nis tratri x , v . Rober tson , Commis sio ner of Patents . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Customs and Patent Appeals denied. Mr. Joshua R. H. Potts for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. W. Marvin Smith and T. A. Hostetler for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 921.

No. 313. Wright et al . v . Commissi oner of Internal Revenue . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. M. G. McDonald for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, Wm. Cutler Thompson, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 727.

No. 315. United States Fidel ity & Guaranty Co . v. Mc Carthy . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Messrs. Jesse A. Miller and James C. Davis for petitioner. Mr. Charles S. Bradshaw for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 2.

No. 317. Indemnity Insu ranc e Co. et al . v . Leveri ng . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. C. M. Ozias for petitioners. Mr. Hiram E. Booth for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 151.

No. 318. Beli sari o v . Philipp ine Islands . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands denied. Mr. Leoncio C. Belisario, pro se. Messrs. William Cattron Rigby and Blanton Winship for respondent.

No. 322. Godfre y v . Burnet , Commi ss ioner of In - terna l Revenue ; and

No. 323. Estate of Waldo v . Same . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. Harvey K. Zollinger and Marion W. Ripy for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and Morton K. Rothschild for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 79.

No. 326. Hanlon v . Burnet , Commi ss ioner of Inter - nal Revenue ; and

No. 327. Henaghan v . Same . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Messrs. Josephus

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No. 329. Colle nger v. Unite d States ; and

No. 330. Antonean v . Same . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Gerald A. Gillett for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Mr. Whitney North Seymour for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 345.

No. 331. Domen ech , Treasurer of Porto Rico , v . Porto Rican Leaf Tobacc o Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Messrs. William Cattron Rigby and Blanton Winship for petitioner. Mr. Wm. M. Parke for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 579.

Nos. 334 and 335. Spr ing Canyon Coal Co . v . Burnet , Comm is si oner of Internal Revenue . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. Messrs. Charles Hamel and John Enrietto for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and J. P. Jackson for respondent. Reported below: 43 F. (2d) 78.

No. 343. North American Coal Corp . v . Wheel ing & Lake Erie Ry . Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. H. H. Hoppe for petitioner. Messrs. Albert E. Powell and Andrew P. Martin for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 253.

No. 344. Todok et al . v . Union 'State Bank et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Nebraska denied. Mr. Frank E. Edgerton for petitioners. Messrs. Walter D. James and Frank D. Williams for respondents. Reported below: 236 N. W. 741.

No. 345. Alle n v . Burnet , Commi ss ioner of In - ternal Revenue . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. J. Sterling Halstead and Martin A. Schenck for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and Morton K. Rothschild for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 716.

No. 346. Buick Motor Co . v . Milwau kee . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John Thomas Smith for petitioner. Messrs. John M. Niven, Walter J. Mattison, and Theodore W. Brazeau for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 801,

No. 347. United States Fidel ity & Guaranty Co . v . Kansas ex rel . Winkle Terra Cotta Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri. Mr. Eugene S. Quinton for petitioner. Mr. Thomas W. White for respondent. Reported below: 40 S. W. (2d) 1050.

No. 350. Ronge tti v Illinoi s . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Illinois denied. Mr. Charles P. R. Macaulay for petitioner. Messrs. Oscar E. Carlstrom and James B. Searcy for respondent.

No. 351. Knut et al . v . Henry , Execu tor . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme court of Mississippi denied. Mr. S. P. Knut, pro se. Mr. Gerard Brandon for respondent. Reported below: 135 So. 214.

No. 352. Knut et al . v . Forsyth et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Mississippi denied. Mr. S. P. Knut, pro se. Mr. Gerard Brandon for respondents. Reported below: 135 So. 214.

No. 353. Schic k v . New Orleans et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Claude L. Johnson for petitioner. Mr. Henry B. Curtis for respondents. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 870.

cuit denied. Messrs. Harris H. Gilman and Merrill S. June for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, Miss Helen R. Carloss, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 523.

No. 359. Ewb ank et al . v . Unite d States . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Louis B. Ewbank for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Andrew D. Sharpe, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 409.

No. 360. Long v . Rike et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Messrs. Hobart P. Young and Harris C. Lutkin for petitioner. Messrs. Frank H. Scott and Tappan Gregory for respondents. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 124.

No. 361. Ranieri v . Smith , Distri ct Direct or in Charge of Immi gration , et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John A. Chumbley for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Harry S. Ridgely, and W. Marvin Smith for respondents. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 537.

No. 362. Seaboard Oil Co . v . Cunning ham . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Messrs.

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Martin H. Long and Julian Hartridge for petitioner. Mr. Robert L. Shipp for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 321. _________

No. 363. Board v . Commiss ioner of Internal Reve - nue . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Messrs. Elwood Hamilton and J. C. W. Beckham, Jr., for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and John MacC. Hudson for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 73.

No. 366. Stewart , Executri x , v . Burnet , Commis - si oner of Internal Revenue . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. B. F. Louis for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and Norman D. Keller for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 259.

No. 367. Esp ers on v . Burnet , Commiss ioner of In - terna l Revenue ; and

No. 368. Esperson , Executrix , v . Same . October 26, 1931. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. B. F. Louis for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, J. Louis Monarch, and John G. Remey for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 259.

No. 370. Lamson Co ., Inc ., v . Whitt emore , Trustee . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. E. Crosby Kindleberger for petitioner. Mr. Horace E. Gunn for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 875.

No. 373. Ramirez v . Texas . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas denied. Mr. George E. Shelley for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 40 S. W. (2d) 138.

No. 392. South Florida Lumber Mills v . Breuch aud . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. N. B. K. Pettingill for petitioner. Mr. 0. K. Reaves for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 490.

No. 399. Blodgett v . Dehy et al . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court for the County of Santa Barbara, California, denied. Mr. D. T. Blodgett, pro se. Messrs. John William Heaney and Francis Price for respondents.

No. 364. Chase National Bank v . Sanf ord . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. Henry Root Stern, H. G. Pickering, James F. Soudefur, and Bertram F. Shipman for petitioner. Messrs. Charles A. Boston and Lucien H. Boggs for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 400.

No. 375. Davidson v . United States . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. Daniel T. Hagan for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, A. W. Henderson, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for the United States. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 517.

No. 376. Philli ps v . Union Termi nal Ry . Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri denied. Mr. John G. Parkinson for petitioner. Mr. Robert A. Brown for respondent. Reported below: 40 S. W. (2d) 1046.

No. 377. Fors ythe et al . v . James Tregarthen & Sons Co . October 26,1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Samuel D. Stein for petitioners. Mr. Edward Ash for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 1078,

No. 379. Taylor -Moore Syndi cat e , Inc ., et al . v . Cen - tral Florida Lumber Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. N. B. K. Pettingill for petitioners. Mr. Martin Sack for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 1.

No. 380. Knollenbe rg v . State Bank of Alamo - gordo . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of New Mexico denied. Mr. Fred C. Knollenberg for petitioner. Mr. H. B. Holt for respondent. Reported below: 299 Pac. 1077.

No. 382. A. Schr ader 's Son , Inc ., v . Unite d States . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Messrs. John B. Sullivan, Jr., and Frank M. Avery for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, and John Henry McEvers for the United States. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 1038.

No. 383. Louisvi lle & Nash ville R. Co. v. Hall . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama denied. Messrs. J. S. Stone and White E. Gibson for petitioner. Mr. C. C. Calhoun for respondent. Reported below: 135 So. 466.

No. 384. Vause v . Unite d State s ; and

No. 385. Allen v . Citiz ens Bank & Trust Co . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. S. H. Sutherland for petitioner. Mr. Paul Dulaney for respondent. Reported below: 48 F. (2d) 1068.

No. 388. Monarch Tool & Meg . Co . v . Mills Nov - elt y Co. October 26,1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Walter F. Murray for petitioner. Mr. Weymouth Kirkland for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 28.

No. 396. Fiske v . Moffett . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Messrs. Raymond J. Mawhinney and Ernest Wilkinson for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher and Assistant Attorney General Rugg for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 868.

No. 397. Southern Ry . Co. v. Derringt on , Admin - is tratri x . October 26, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri denied. Messrs. S. R. Prince, L. E. Jeffries, H. O’B. Cooper, R. J. Kramer, and Bruce A. Campbell for petitioner. Mr. W. H. Douglass for respondent. Reported below: 40 S. W. (2d) 1069.

No. 371. Keogh v . Neel y , Collector of Internal Revenue . See same case, ante, p. 583.

No. 442. General Motors Corp , et al . v . Motor Im - provements , Inc ., et al . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. The Chief Justice took no part in the consideration or decision of this petition. Messrs. Drury W. Cooper and Allan C. Bakewell for petitioners. Messrs. William Houston Kenyon, W. W. Miller, Theodore S. Kenyon, and Nelson Littell for respondents. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 543.

No. 308. Stone v . United States ;

No. 309. Patterso n et al . v . Same ; and

No. 310. Horkheime r et al . v . Same . November 2, 1931. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Court of Claims denied. Messrs. Daniel R. Rothemel and Edward 0. Proctor for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Rugg, and Mr. Whitney North Seymour for the United States. Reported below: 72 Ct. Cis. 722.

No. 389. Taylor , Truste e , v . Jones . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. Mr. Elmer J. Lundy for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 892.

No. 390. Kennin gton , Liquidator , et al . v . Donald , Coll ecto r of Internal Revenue . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Messrs. Henry J. Richardson, Garner W. Green, W. H. Watkins, and Marcellus Green for petitioners. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, William Cutler Thompson, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 894.

No. 394. Franklin v . Carter , State Auditor . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. Messrs. R. M. Rainey and Streeter B. Flynn for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 345.

No. 395. Chicag o Fraterna l Life Assn . v . Karst . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Springfield Court of Appeals, of Missouri, denied. Mr. William J. Corrigan for petitioner. Mr. E. E. Alexander for respondent. Reported below: 40 S. W. (2d) 732.

No. 400. F. M. Hubbell Son & Co. v. Burnet , Com - miss ioner of Internal Revenue . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. J. G. Gamble for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, and A. H. Conner for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 644.

No. 402. Archibald Mc Neil & Sons Co ., Inc ., v . Western Maryland Ry . Co . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Messrs. George Demming, John R. Geyer, and Paul G. Smith for petitioner. Mr. Alexander Armstrong for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 1073.

No. 404. United State s ex rel . Klein v . Mulligan , U. S. Marshal . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. D. Basil O’Connor for petitioner. Mr. Robert D. Murray for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 687.

No. 412. Kotabs , Inc ., et al . v . Kotex Co. November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Benjamin S. Kirsh for petitioners. Mr. Cola G. Parker for respondent. Reported below: 50 F. (2d) 810.

No. 415. Delbri dge et al . v . Oldfiel d et al . November 2,1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Michigan denied. Mr. Orla B. Taylor for petitioners. Messrs. Frederick C. Kurth, Paul B. Moody, and Howard F. Cline for respondents.

No. 418. Milmi ne Bodman & Co., Inc ., v . Empir e Canal Corp , et al . ; and

No. 336. Willow Glen v . Southern Pacific Co . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Casper A. Ombaun for petitioner. Messrs. Frank C. Cleary and E. J. Foulds for respondent. Reported below: 49 F. (2d) 1005.

No. 340. United Cigar Stores Co . v . Unite d States . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims denied. Messrs. Sol M. Stroock, Charles C. Carlin, M. Carter Hall, and Edward F. Spitz for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Rugg, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour and Joseph H. Sheppard for the United States. Reported below: 72 Ct. Cis. 453; 50 F. (2d) 466.

No. 398. Darby -Lynde Co . v . Alexander , Coll ecto r of Internal Revenue . November 2, 1931. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit denied. Mr. 0. E. Swan for petitioner. Solicitor General Thacher, Assistant Attorney General Youngquist, Miss Helen R. Carloss, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour, Sewall Key, and Wm. H. Riley, Jr., for respondent. Reported below: 51 F. (2d) 56.

No. 405. John B. Ford v . Commiss ioner of Internal Revenue ;

No. 406. George Ross Ford v . Same ;