No. 18. Helvering , Commiss ioner of Internal Rev - enue v. N. Coal Co., 290 U.S. 591 (1933)
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290 U.S. 591
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No. 18. Helvering , Commiss ioner of Internal Rev - enue , v. Northern Coal Co .;
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United States
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Federal
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Supreme Court of the United States
Decided
Oct. 23, 1933
No. 18. Helvering , Commiss ioner of Internal Rev - enue , v. Northern Coal Co .;
No. 19. Same v . C. H. Sprag ue & Son Co . ; and
No. 21. Same v . Osw ego & Syracuse R. Co . Nos . 18 and 19, on writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit; No. 21, on certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Argued October 13, 16, 1933. Decided October 23, 1933. Per Curiam: Decrees affirmed by an equally divided Court. Mr . Justice Robert s took no part in the consideration or decision of these cases. Mr. Erwin N. Griswold, with whom Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key and J. P. Jackson were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Paul F. Myers, with whom Mr. Edmund B. Quiggle was on the brief, for respondents in Nos. 18 and 19. Mr. Douglas Swift for respondent in No. 21. ’Reported below: 62 F. (2d) 742; 62 F. (2d) 518.
No. 20. Helvering , Comm is si oner of Inter nal Revenue , v . U.S. Refra ctori es Corp . Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued October 16, 1933. Decided October 23, 1933. Per Curiam: Decree affirmed by an equally divided Court. Mr . Just ice Roberts took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Mr. Erwin N. Griswold, with whom Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key and J. P. Jackson were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. W. W. Montgomery, Jr., with whom Mr. Robert P. Smith was on the brief, for respondent. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 69.
No. 25. Helver ing , Commi ssione r of Inter nal Revenue , v . Duke et al . Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued October 17, 1933. Decided October 23, 1933. Per Curiam: Decree affirmed by an equally divided Court. Mr . Chief Jus - p. 592tice Hughes took no part in the consideration or decision of this case. Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. Erwin N. Griswold, with whom Messrs. Sewall Key and Francis H. Horan were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. John W. Davis, with whom Messrs. Wm. R. Perkins, Forrest Hyde, H. H. Shelton, and Marion N. Fisher were on the brief, for respondents. Reported below: 62 F. (2d) 1057.
No. 28. Unite d States , Trust ee , et al . v . Mc Gowan et al . ; and
No. 29. Same v . Bakers Bay Fish Co . et al . Writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Argued October 20, 1933. Decided October 23, 1933. Per Curiam: Decrees affirmed. Bodkin v. Edwards, 255 U.S. 221, 223; Texas & New Orleans R. Co. v. Railway Clerks, 281 U.S. 548, 558; Keating n . Public National Bank, 284 U.S. 587; United States v. Commercial Credit Co., 286 U.S. 63, 67; Page n . Arkansas Natural Gas Corp., 286 U.S. 269, 271. Assistant Solicitor General MacLean, with whom Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. Nat M. Lacy were on the brief, for the United States et al. Mr. Guy E. Kelly, with whom Mr. G. W. Hamilton, Attorney General of Washington, and Mr. J. H. Secrest, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for respondents. Reported below: 62 F. (2d) 955.
No. —, original. Ex parte Mc Carthy . October 23, 1933. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. Mr. J. W. McCarthy, pro se.
No. 472. Public Servic e Comm ’n of Indiana et al . v. Northern Indiana Public Service Co . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern p. 593District of Indiana. Jurisdictional statement submitted October 21, 1933. Decided November 6, 1933. Per Curiam: The order granting an interlocutory injunction is affirmed. (1) Ex parte Young, 209 U.S. 123, 159; Ex parte LaPrade, 289 U.S. 444, 455, 456; (2) Alabama n . United States, 279 U.S. 229; Binjord v. McLeaish, 284 U.S. 598. Messrs. George W. Hufsmith and Joseph W. Hutchinson for appellants. Mr. John C. Lawyer for appellee. Reported below: 1 F.Supp. 296.
No. 493. Paul Klops tock & Co., Inc . v . United Fruit Co . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Louisiana. Jurisdictional statement submitted October 21, 1933. Decided November 6, 1933. Per Curiam: The motion of appellant to strike the statement opposing jurisdiction is denied. The appeal is dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Section 237 (a) Judicial Code as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937). Treating the papers whereon the appeal was allowed as a petition for writ of certiorari as required by § 237 (c) Judicial Code as amended (43 Stat. 936, 938), certiorari is denied. Messrs. Percy S. Benedict and Michael M. Irwin for appellant. Messrs. Edouard F. Henriques and W. B. Spencer, Jr., for appellee. Reported below: 177 La. 811; 149 So. 462.
No. —, original. Ex parte Bernstei n . November 6, 1933. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. Mr. Irwin J. Bernstein, pro se.
No. 222. Monta na et al . v . Unite d States et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Montana. Submitted November 8, 1933. Decided November 13, 1933. Per Curiam: Decree
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affirmed. United States v. Louisiana, ante, p. 70. Mr. Raymond T. Nagle, Attorney General of Montana, and Mr. Francis A. Silver were on the brief for appellants. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Elmer B. Collins, Daniel W. Knowlton, and Edward M. Reidy were on the brief for the United States and Interstate Commerce Commission, appellees. Messrs. M. L. Countryman, Jr., D. F. Lyons, J. N. Davis, Walter McFarland, J. M. Souby, Conrad Olson, and F. G. Dorety were on the brief for the railway companies, appellees. Messrs. John E. Benton and Clyde S. Bailey, by leave of Court, filed a brief on behalf of the National Association of Railroad and Utilities Commissioners, as amicus curiae. Reported below: 2 F.Supp. 448.
No. 351. Larabee Flour Mills Co . v . First Nation al Bank of Dublin ; and
No. 352. First National Bank of St . Petersburg et al . v. Miami . Certificates from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Argued November 8, 1933. Decided November 13, 1933. Per Curiam: The certificates are dismissed. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Comm’n, 215 U.S. 216, 221; Waterville v. Van Slyke, 116 U.S. 699, 703-704; Jewell v. Knight, 123 U.S. 426, 432, 433, 434; Chicago B. & Q. Ry. Co. v. Williams, 205 U.S. 444, 451, 454; Hallowell n . United States, 209 U.S. 101, 106, 107; United States v. Mayer, 235 U.S. 55, 66; Biddle v. Luvisch, 266 U.S. 173, 174, 175. Messrs. C. C. Crockett, W. W. Larsen, and W. W. Larsen, Jr., were on the brief for Larabee Flour Mills Co. Mr. Kenneth I. McKay, with whom Mr. Maynard Ramsey was on the brief, for the First National Bank of Dublin and the First National Bank of St. Petersburg. Mr. H. E. Hackney, with whom Mr. F. G. Await and George P. Barse were on the brief, for the p. 595Comptroller of the Currency. Mr. C. I. Carey for the City of Miami.
No. 41. Board of Supervi sors of Harrison County et al . v. Board of Super visor s of Pottaw attami e Count y et al . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Iowa. Argued November 9, 1933. Decided November 13,1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Boston & Maine R. Co. v. Armburg, 285 U.S. 234, 240; O’Gorman & Young v. Hartford Ins. Co., 282 U.S. 251, 257, 258; Hardware Dealers Mutual Fire Ins. Co. v. Glidden Co., 284 U.S. 151, 158; Lawrence v. State Tax Comm’n, 286 U.S. 276, 283. Messrs. Ellsworth C. Alvord and Harry L. Robertson for appellants. Mr. George S. Wright for appellees. Reported below: 214 la. 655; 241 N.W. 14.
No. 525. Ameri can Baseball Club of Philade lphi a et al . v. Philad elp hia et al . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 4, 1933. Decided November 13, 1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. (1) Ex parte Poresky, ante, p. 30; Levering & Garrigues Co. v. Morrin, 289 U.S. 103, 105; Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 311; Pennsylvania Hospital v. Philadelphia, 245 U.S. 20, 24; Roe v. Kansas, 278 U.S. 191. (2) Patsone v. Pennsylvania, 232 U.S. 138, 144; Silver v. Silver, 280 U.S. 117, 123; Sproles v. Binford, 286 U.S. 374, 396. (3) United States v. Grimaud, 220 U.S. 506, 516, 518; United States n . Chemical Foundation, 272 U.S. 1,11,12; Hampton & Co. v. United States, 276 U.S. 394, 406, 407. Mr. John B. Gest for appellants. Messrs. Thos. B. K. Ringe and Ernest Lowengrund for appellees. Reported below: 312 Pa. 311; 167 Atl. 891.
No. 546. Ameri can Airw ays , Inc . v . Grosj ean . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 4, 1933. Decided November 13, 1933. Per Curiam: Decree affirmed. Edelman v. Boeing Air Transport, Inc., 289 U.S. 249, 251, 252. Messrs. Hugh N. Wilkinson and R. 8. Pruitt for appel-plant. No appearance for appellee. Reported below: 3 F.Supp. 995.
No. 551. Wald Transfer & Storage Co . v . Smith et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 4, 1933. Decided November 13, 1933. Per Curiam: Decree affirmed. Bradley v. Public Utilities Comm’n, 289 U.S. 92, 95-98. Mr. Maurice Hirsch for appellant. No appearance for appellees. Reported below: 4 F.Supp. 61. [See post, p. 602.]
No. 552. Beard v . Smit h et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 4, 1933. Decided November 13, 1933. Per Curiam: Decree affirmed. Bradley n . Public Utilities Comm’n, 289 U.S. 92, 95—98. Mr. Maurice Hirsch for appellant. No appearance for appellees. Reported below: 4 F.Supp. 61. [See post, p. 602.]
No. —, original. Ex parte Latta . November 13, 1933. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. Mr. Garland Latta, pro se.
No. [18], original. Pennsylvani a v . Arkan sas . November 13, 1933. The motion for leave to file a bill of p. 597complaint herein is granted and process is ordered to issue returnable on Monday, January 15, next. Mr. Philip S. Moyer for plaintiff. Mr. W. L. Pope for defendant.
No. —, original. Ex parte Thomas et al . November 13, 1933. The rule to show cause herein is discharged and the motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus is denied. Mr. W. Bissell Thomas for petitioners.
No. 529. Coale et al . v . Pearson et al . Appeal from the Court of Appeals of Maryland. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 11, 1933. Decided November 20, 1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U.S. 308, 311; Roe v. Kansas, 278 U.S. 191; American Baseball Club v. Philadelphia, ante, p. 595; Atkin v. Kansas, 191 U.S. 207, 222, 223; Heim v. McCall, 239 U.S. 175, 191; Stephenson v. Binford, 287 U.S. 251, 275, 276; Waugh n . Mississippi University, 237 U.S. 589, 596, 597; United States v. Macintosh, 283 U.S. 605, 623, 624. Mr. John H. Skeen for appellants. Mr. William Preston Lane, Jr., Attorney General of Maryland, and Mr. Willis R. Jones for appellees. Reported below: 165 Md. 224; 167 Atl. 54.
No. 562. Lukens v . Pennsylvania . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 11, 1933. Decided November 20, 1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. Wabash R. Co. v. Flannigan, 192 U.S. 29; Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U.S. 308, 311; American Baseball Club v. Philadelphia, ante, p. 595; State Board of Tax p. 598Commissioners N. Jackson, 283 U.S. 527, 537; Heisler v. Thomas Colliery Co., 260 U.S. 245, 255-257. Mr. William P. Smith for appellant. No appearance for appellee. Reported below: 312 Pa. 220; 167 Atl. 167.
No. 569. Jeff erson County v . Hard et al . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Alabama. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 11, 1933. Decided November 20, 1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. (1) Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil Co., 250 U.S. 394, 397-399; Trenton n . New Jersey, 262 U.S. 182, 188, 191, 192; Chicago v. Chicago Rapid Transit Co., 284 U.S. 577, 578. (2) Quong Ham Wah Co. v. Industrial Accident Comm’n, 255 U.S. 445, 448, 449; Knights of Pythias v. Meyer, 265 U.S. 30, 32, 33; American Railway Express Co. v. Royster Guano Co., 273 U.S. 274, 280; Swiss Oil Corp. v. Shanks, 273 U.S. 392, 411, 412. Mr. J. Q. Smith for appellant. No appearance for appellees. Reported below: 149 So. 81.
No. 103. Norum bega Co . v . Benne tt , Attorn ey Gen - eral of New York , et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Argued November 16, 1933. Decided December 4, 1933. Per Curiam: The decree of the District Court herein is reversed, and the cause is remanded to the District Court, as specially constituted, with directions to dismiss the bill of complaint for the want of jurisdiction, upon the ground that the allegations of the bill do not set forth a substantial federal question. Newburyport Water Co. v. Newburyport, 193 U.S. 561, 576, 579; Levering & Garrigues Co. n . Morrin, 289 U.S. 103, 105; Ex parte Poresky, ante, p. 30. Mr. Bernhard Knollenberg for appellant. Mr. John J. Bennett, Jr., Attorney General of p. 599New York, and Mr. Wendell P. Brown, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for appellees. Reported below: 3 F.Supp. 500, 502.
No. 566. Dancig er Oil & Rfg . Co . et al . v . Smit h et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Texas. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 18, 1933. Decided December 4, 1933. Per Curiam: The motion of the appellant for leave to file statement as to jurisdiction is granted. On consideration of a stipulation of the parties that this cause has become moot and of a motion by the appellant to reverse the decree of the District Court and to remand the cause to that court with directions to dismiss the bill as moot, it is ordered that the said motion be, and it is hereby, granted, and that the decree of the specially constituted District Court rendered in this case is reversed, and the cause is remanded to that court with directions to dismiss the bill of complaint upon the ground that the cause is moot. Brownlow v. Schwartz, 261 U.S. 216; Alejandrino v. Quezon, 271 U.S. 528, 535, 536; U.S. ex rel. Norwegian Nitrogen Products Co. v. Tariff Commission, 274 U.S. 106, 112; Railroad Commission of Texas v. MacMillan, 287 U.S. 576; Coyne v. Prouty, 289 U.S. 704; First Union Trust de Savings Bank v. Consumers Co., ante, p. 585. All costs in this Court and in the court below are to be taxed against the appellant as stipulated. Messrs. S. A. L. Morgan, I. J. Ringolsky, W. G. Boatright, and Nelson Phillips for appellants. No appearance for appellees. Reported below: 4 F.Supp. 236.
No. 574. KFAB Broadcasti ng Co . v . Soren se n . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Nebraska. Jurisdictional statement submitted November 18, 1933. Decided p. 600December 4, 1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the reason that the judgment of the state court sought here to be reviewed was based upon a non-federal ground adequate to support it. Cleveland v. Chamberlain, 1 Black 419, 425, 426; East Tennessee, V. & G. R. Co. v. Southern Telegraph Co., 125 U.S. 695; Mills v. Green, 159 U.S. 651, 654; Love v. Griffith, 266 U.S. 32; Live Oak Water Users Assn. v. Railroad Commission, 269 U.S. 354, 359; Gerard Trust Co. v. Ocean & Lake Realty Co., 286 U.S. 523; Wagner v. Leenhouts, 287 U.S. 571; Real Estate Land Title & Trust Co. v. Springfield, 287 U.S. 577. Mr. Maxwell V. Beghtol for appellant. No appearance for appellee. Reported below: 123 Neb. 348; 243 N.W. 82.
No. 124. Miss ouri Pacifi c R. Co. v. Norw ood , Attor - ney General of Arkansas , et al . Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Arkansas. Argued December 6,1933. Decided December 11, 1933. Per Curiam: The Court sees no reason to disagree with the determinations of fact reached by the District Court. The decree is affirmed. Mr. Edward J. White, with whom Mr. Thomas B. Pryor was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. Frank L. Mulholland, with whom Mr. Hal L. Norwood, Attorney General of Arkansas, Mr. Robert F. Smith, Assistant Attorney General, and Mr. W. D. Jackson were on the brief, for appellees. Reported below: 42 F. (2d) 765.
No. 598. Rose nberg v . Wis consi n . Appeal from the Municipal Court of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin. Jurisdictional statement submitted December 2, 1933. Decided December 11,1933. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss the appeal herein is granted, and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. (1) p. 601290 UB. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc.
Mculler v. Illinois, 289 U.S. 711; Leach v. California, 287 U.S. 579, 580; Lavine v. California, 286 U.S. 528; Sproles v. Binford, 286 U.S. 374, 393; Bandini v. Superior Court, 284 U.S. 8, 18; Hygrade Provision Co. v. Sherman, 266 U.S. 497, 501-503. (2) Durland v. United States, 161 U.S. 306, 315; Husty v. United States, 282 U.S. 694, 702. (3) Portland Ry. Co. v. Oregon Railroad Comm’n, 229 U.S. 397, 411, 412; Pure Oil Co. v. Minnesota, 248 U.S. 158,164; Aetna Life Ins. Co. v. Dunken, 266 U.S. 389, 394. Messrs. Wm. E. Leahy and Wm. J. Hughes, Jr., for appellant. Mr. Fred M. Wylie for appellee. Reported below: 212 Wis. 434; 249 N.W. 541.
Nos. 600 and 601. New York ex rel . Northern Finance Corp . v . Lynch et al . Appeals from the Supreme Court, County of Albany, New York. Jurisdictional statement submitted December 2, 1933. Decided December 11, 1933. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss the appeals herein is denied. The motion to affirm is granted, and the judgments are affirmed. Pacific Co., Ltd. v. Johnson, 285 U.S. 480, 490. Mr. Edwin DeT. Bechtel for appellant. Mr. Wendell P. Brown for appellees.
No. [19], original. Ex parte Baldw in et al ., Trus - tees , et al . December 11, 1933. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus herein is granted and a rule to show cause is ordered to issue returnable on Monday, January 8 next.
No. —, original. Ex parte Western Loan & Securi - ties Co.; and
No. —, original. Ex parte Mayer . December 11,1933. Motions for leave to file petitions for writs of mandamus p. 602in these causes are severally denied. Ex parte United States, 287 U.S. 241, 248. Mr. George S. McCarthy for petitioners.
No. 181. Clark , Admini strat rix , et al . v . Moff ett et al . Certiorari to the Supreme Court of Kansas. December 11, 1933. Motion for leave to file petition for rehearing denied.
No. 551. Wald Transfer & Storage Co . v . Smith et al .; and
No. 552. Beard v . Same . December 11, 1933. Upon consideration of the petitions for rehearing, the decrees entered herein by this Court on November 13, 1933, {ante, p. 596) are amended so as to provide that the decrees entered in these causes by the District Court, as specially constituted, be modified by providing that the appellants may apply $t any time to the District Court, by bill or otherwise, as they may be advised, for a further order or decree, in case it shall appear that the state court shall have construed the applicable state statute as not authorizing the state commission to enter the orders challenged in this proceeding. Glenn v. Field Packing Co., ante, p. 177. As so modified, the decrees of the District Court are affirmed. Bradley v. Public Utilities Comm’n, 289 U.S. 92, 95-98. The petitions for rehearing are denied. Mr. Maurice Hirsch for appellants. No appearance for appellees. Reported below: 4 F.Supp. 61.
No. 2, original. Vermont v . New Hamps hire . December 11, 1933. Stipulation of the parties designating parts of boundary to be marked presented.
No. 168. Jannett et al . v . Hardie , Sherif f . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Florida. Argued December p. 60311, 1933. Decided December 18, 1933. Per Curiam: The Supreme Court of Florida entertained on rehearing and decided the constitutional question as to the denial of the equal protection of the laws under the Fourteenth Amendment. The judgment is affirmed. Missouri v. Lewis, 101 U.S. 22, 30, 31; Hayes v. Missouri, 120 U.S. 68, 71, 72; Budd v. New York, 143 U.S. 517, 548; Griffith v. Connecticut, 218 U.S. 563; Engel v. O’Malley, 219 U.S. 128, 137, 138; Mutual Loan Co. v. Martell, 222 U.S. 225, 235, 236; Toyotav. Hawaii, 226 U.S. 184,191,192; Northwestern Laundry Co. n . Des Moines, 239 U.S. 486, 495; Packard n . Banton, 264 U.S. 140, 143, 144; Radice n . New York, 264 U.S. 292, 296; Dillingham v. McLaughlin, 264 U.S. 370; Ohio v. Akron Park District, 281 U.S. 74, 81. Mr. John M. Murrell, with whom Mr. W. L. Freeland was on the brief for appellants. Mr. Cary D. Landis, Attorney General of Florida, and Mr. H. E. Carter, Assistant Attorney General, were on the brief for appellee. By leave of Court, Mr. David J. Gallert filed a brief as amicus curiae. Reported below: 109 Fla. 129; 147 So. 296.
No. 613. Ross v. Fort , Commi ssione r of Finance & Taxation of Tennes see . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Tennessee. Jurisdictional statement submitted December 9, 1933. Decided December 18, 1933. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. (1) Maguire v. Trefry, 253 U.S. 12; (2) Klein v. Board of Supervisors, 282 U.S. 19, 22-24; Magounv. Illinois Trust Ac Savings Bank, 170 U.S. 283, 298, 299; Keeney v. New York, 222 U.S. 525, 535, 536; Standard Stock Food Co. v. Wright, 225 U.S. 540, 550. Mr. J. A. Fowler for appellant. No appearance for appellee. Reported below: 166 Tenn. 314; 61 S.W. (2d) 479.
No. —, original. Ex parte Boyce . December 18, 1933. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Benjamin A. Boyce, pro se.
No. —, original. Ex parte Dasher . December 18, 1933. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. Mr. Burton G. Henson for petitioner.
No. 602. Archer d v . Oreg on . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Oregon. Jurisdictional statement submitted December 17, 1933. Decided January 8, 1934. Per Curiam: The appeal herein is dismissed (1) for the want of a properly presented federal question. Godchaux v. Estopinal, 251 U.S. 179; Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 251 U.S. 114,117; Live Oak Water Users Assn. v. Railroad Comm’n, 269 U.S. 354, 357, 358; (2) for the want of a reviewable judgment by the highest court of the State in which a decision could have been had. John v. Paullin, 231 U.S. 583, 587; Newman v. Gates, 204 U.S. 89, 95; Chesapeake & Ohio Ry. Co. n . McDonald, 214 U.S. 101; Harrington v. Holler, 111 U.S. 796; and (3) for the want of a substantial federal question, Equitable Life Assurance Society n . Brown, 187 U.S. 300, 311,- Wabash R. Co. v. Flannigan, 192 U.S. 29; Roe v. Kansas, 278 U.S. 191. Mandate stayed and motion for leave to file petition for rehearing granted January 22, 1934. Mr. Chester I. Long for appellant. Messrs. I. H. Van Winkle, Ralph E. Moody, and Willis S. Moore for appellee. Reported below: 144 Ore. 309; 24 P. (2d) 5.
No. 665. Agles v . Stolze Lumber Co . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Illinois. Jurisdictional statement submitted December 23, 1933. Decided January 8, 1934. Per Curiam: The motion of the appellee to dismiss the p. 605appeal herein is granted, and the appeal is hereby dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Section 237 (a), Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937). Treating the papers whereon the appeal was allowed as an application for writ of certiorari as required by § 237 (c), Judicial Code, as amended (43 Stat. 936, 938), certiorari is denied. Mr. Ferdinand Tunnell for appellant. Messrs. Thomas Williamson and George D. Burroughs for appellee.
No. 664. Schmelin g v. F. W. Woolwor th Co . Appeal from the Supreme Court of Kansas. Jurisdictional statement submitted December 30, 1933. Decided January 8, 1934. Per Curiam: The motion of the appellee to dismiss the appeal herein is granted, and the appeal is dismissed for the want of a substantial federal question. New York Central R. Co. v. White, 243 U.S. 188; Mountain Timber Co. v. Washington, 243 U.S. 219; Lower Vein Co. v. Industrial Board, 255 U.S. 144; Madera Sugar Pine Co. v. Industrial Commission, 262 U.S. 499; Castillo v. McConnico, 168 U.S. 674; 683; McDonald v. Oregon Navigation Co., 233 U.S. 665, 669, 670; Hebert v. Louisiana, 272 U.S. 312, 316, 317; Glenn v. Doyal, 285 U.S. 526. Mr. Joseph H. Brady for appellant. Mr. Clay C. Rogers for appellee. Reported below: 137 Kan. 573, 21 P. (2d) 337; 138 Kan. 281, 26 P. (2d) 265.
No. —, original. Ex parte Miller et al . January 8, 1934. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus or prohibition is denied. Ex parte United States, 287 U.S. 241, 248, 249. Messrs. C. Wilbur Miller, p. 606Ernest B. Miller, Jos. I. McMullen, and Wm. Burnet Wright for petitioners.
No. —, original. Ex parte Di Pipp a . January 8, 1934. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus is denied. Mr. Rocco Di Pippa, pro se.
No. —, original. Princip ality of Monaco v . Missis - sip pi . January 8,1934. A rule is ordered to issue, returnable on Monday, February 5 next, requiring the defendant to show cause why the motion for leave to file the declaration herein should not be granted.
No. 19, original. Ex par te Baldwin et al . January 8, 1934. Return to rule to show cause presented.
DECISIONS GRANTING CERTIORARI, FROM OCTOBER 2, 1933, TO AND INCLUDING JANUARY 8, 1934.
No. 184. First Union Trus t & Savings Bank , Trus - tee , v. Cons umers Co . et al . See same case, ante, p. 585.
No. 88. United State s v . Murdock . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key and John H. McEvers for the United States. Messrs. Edmund Burke and Harold J. Bandy for respondent. Reported below: 62 F. (2d) 926.
No. 241. Snyder v . Massac husett s . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Superior Court in and p. 607290 US. Decisions Granting Certiorari.
for the County of Middlesex, Massachusetts, granted. The motion for leave to proceed in forma pauperis is granted. Messrs. Henry P. Fielding, A. C. Webber, and L. H. Weinstein for petitioner. Messrs. Joseph E. Warner, George B. Lourie, and Frank G. Volpe for respondent. Reported below: 282 Mass. 401: 185 N.E. 376.
No. 171. United States v . Jeff erson Electric Mfg . Co. October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims granted. Solicitor General Biggs for the United States. Messrs. Adrian C. Humphreys and Newton K. Fox for respondent. Reported below: 77 Ct. Cis. 199; 2 F.Supp. 778. See also 38 F. (2d) 139.
No. 187. Brown v . Commi ssione r of Internal Rev - enue . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted, limited to the question of the deduction on account of reserve. Messrs. Peter F. Dunne, Lloyd M. Robbins, and Arthur B. Dunne for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key, Wm. Cutler Thompson, and Erwin N. Griswold for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 66.
No. 240. Federa l Trade Comm iss ion v . Algoma Lumber Co . et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. Robert E. Healy for petitioner. Messrs. Warren Olney, Jr., Allan P. Matthew, and Carl I. Wheat for respondents. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 618.
No..51. Mille r , Administ rator , v . Union Pacif ic R. Co. October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari p. 608to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Messrs. William Buchholz and Martin J. O’Donnell for petitioner. Messrs. C. A. Magaw, I. N. Watson, Paul V. Barnett, Henry N. Ess, and Charles V. Garnett for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 574.
No. 54. Alexa nder , Coll ecto r , v . Cosden Pipe Line Co. October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. James C. Denton and R. H. Wills for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 663.
No. 56. Alaska Steamshi p Co . v . United States . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. Charles W. Arth, Cassius E. Gates, and Norman M. Littell for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General St. Lewis, and Messrs. Whitney North Seymour and J. Frank Staley for the United States. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 398.
No. 71. Stringfellow v . Atlanti c Coast Line R. Co.; and
No. 95. Atlant ic Coast Line R. Co . v . Stri ngfel - low . October 9, 1933. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Messrs. Wm. C. McLean and Doyle Campbell for Stringfellow. Messrs. James R. Bussey, McKinney Barton, F. B. Grier, and W. E. Kay for Atlantic Coast Line R. Co. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 173.
No. 79. Trotter , Guardian , v . Tennes se e . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme p. 609Court of Tennessee granted. Mr. Russel R. Kramer for petitioner. Mr. James G. Johnson for respondent. Reported below: 165 Tenn. 519; 57 S.W. (2d) 455.
No. 80. May et al . v . Hamburg -Amerikanisc he Packetfahrt Aktien -Gesells chaf t . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. D. Roger Englar, Henry N. Longley, T. Catesby Jones, and F. Herbert Prem for petitioners. Messrs. John W. Griffin and Charles S. Haight for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 248.
No. 101. Ormsby et al ., Executors , v . Chase et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Messrs. Robert T. McCracken, C. Brewster Rhoads, and Laurence H. Eldredge for petitioners. Messrs. Edward J. Fox and Edward J. Fox, Jr., for respondents. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 521.
No. 112. Federa l Land Bank of Columbia , S.C., v. Gaines . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of North Carolina granted. Messrs. I. M. Bailey, Harry D. Reed, J. S. Massenburg, Peyton R. Evans, and Miss May T. Bigelow for petitioner. Mr. M. R. McCown for respondent. Reported below: 204 N.C. 278; 167 S.E. 856.
No. 128. Texas & Pacific Ry . Co . v . Pottor ff , Re - ceiver . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Messrs. T. D. Gresham, Del W. Harrington, and
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M. E. Clinton for petitioner. Messrs. H. E. Hackney, Ben R. Howell, Thornton Hardie, F. G. Await, and George P. Barse for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 1.
Nos. 129, 130 and 131. Freuler , Admini strator , v . Burnet , Commi ssione r of Internal Reve nue . October 9, 1933. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. W. W. Spalding, Robert A. Littleton, Claude R. Branch, and Felix T. Smith for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key, Erwin N. Griswold, and Wm. Cutler Thompson for respondent. Reported below: 62 F. (2d) 733.
No. 139. Margueri te T. Whit comb v . Burnet , Com - missi oner of Internal Revenue ;
No. 140. Lepi c v. Same ;
No. 141. Marie M. E. G. T. Whitco mb v . Same ; Nos. 142 and 143. Lepi c v . Same ; and
No. 144. Marie M. E. G. Whit comb v . Same . October 9, 1933. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Messrs. W. W. Spalding, Claude R. Branch, and Felix T. Smith for petitioners. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key, Wm. Cutler Thompson, and Erwin N. Griswold for respondent. Reported below: 62 App.D.C. 170; 65 F. (2d) 803.
No. 145. Louise A. Whitcomb v . Burnet , Commi s - si oner of Internal Revenue ;
No. 146. Lydia L. Whit comb v . Same ;
No. 147. Louis e A. F. E. Whitcomb v . Same ;
Nos. 148 and 149. Lydia L. I. Whitcomb v . Same ; and
No. 150. Louise A. F. E. Whitcomb v . Same . October 9, 1933. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Messrs. W. W. Spalding, Robert A. Littleton, Claude R. Branch, and Felix T. Smith for petitioners. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key, Wm. Cutler Thompson, and Erwin N. Griswold for respondent. Reported below: 62 App.D.C. 170; 65 F. (2d) 803.
No. 133. R. H. Stearns Co . v . Unite d States . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims granted. Messrs. Frederick S. Winston, Howe P. Cochran and James S. Y. Ivins for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Assistant Attorney General Wideman for the United States. Reported below: 77 Ct. Cis. 264; 2 F.Supp. 773.
No. 152. Lumbra v. United States . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Consuelo B. Northrop and Warren E. Miller for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General St. Lewis, and Messrs. Erwin N. Griswold and W. Clifton Stone for the United States. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 796.
No. 153. Ladner , Collector , v . Philadelphia Barge Co. et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. Walter Riddle and Thomas P. Mikell for respondents. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 258.
No. 158. Burnet , Commis sion er of Internal Reve - nue , v. Canfi eld . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of p. 612certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. Edwin H. Cassels and Adolphus E. Graupner for respondent. Reported below: 62 F. (2d) 751.
No. 212. Thorse n v . Commiss ioner of Internal Revenue . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. Edwin H. Cassels and Adolphus E. Graupner for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 234.
No. 163. Northwes tern Pacifi c R. Co . v . Bobo , Admini strat rix . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the District Court of Appeals, First Appellate District, of California, granted. Mr. W. H. Orrick for petitioner. Mr. Robert D. Duke for respondent. Reported below: 129 Cal. App. 273; 19 P. (2d) 10.
No. 329. Routzahn , Collector of Internal Reve - nue , v. Willard Storag e Batt ery Co . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. Augustus B. Stoughton and Charles C. Norris, Jr., for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 89.
No. 196. American Chain Co ., Inc . v . Eaton , Col - lect or of Internal Revenue . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Chester I. Long, Peter Q. Nyce, Charles P. Swindler, and Samuel W. McIntosh for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key, Francis H. Horan, and Erwin N. p. 613290U.S., Decisions Granting Certiorari.
Griswold for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 783. ________
No. 173. Moore v . Chesap eake & Ohio Ry . Co. October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Messrs. John P. Bramhall and Edward Davidson for petitioner. Mr. Albert H. Cole for respondent. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 472.
No. 178. Norton , Deput y Commi ssione r , v . Vesta Coal Co . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Mr. Wm. A. Challener for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 165.
No. 194. Federa l Trade Comm ’n v . R. F. Kepp el & Bro ., Inc . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. Robert E. Healy for petitioner. Messrs. George E. Elliott and Harris C. Arnold for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 81.
No. 200. Mis souri Pacific R. Co. v. Hartl ey Bros . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Oklahoma granted. Messrs. Thomas B. Pryor, Edward J. White, and William L. Curtis for petitioner. Messrs. G. C. Spillers and H. D. Moreland for respondent. Reported below: 162 Okla. 194; 19 P. (2d) 337.
No. 208. Will iams v . Union Central Life Ins . Co. October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the p. 614Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Charles 0. Harris for petitioner. Messrs. Eugene P. Locke and Stanley K. Henshaw for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 240.
No. 224. Unite d State s v . Provid ent Trust Co ., Adminis trator . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims granted. Solicitor General Biggs for the United States. Messrs. George M. Morris and Joseph Carson for respondent. Reported below: 77 Ct. Cis. 37; 2 F.Supp. 472.
No. 257. E. H. Ferree Co . et al . v . United Shoe Machinery Corp . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. George P. Dike and Donald Campbell for petitioners. Mr. Charles Neave for respondent. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 101.
No. 290. Chase National Bank , Trustee , v . City of Norw alk . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. Messrs. George D. Welles and Timothy N. Pfeiffer for petitioner. Messrs. G. Ray Craig and Walter A. Eversman for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 911.
No. 295. Landres s v . Phoenix Mutual Life Ins . Co. et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. Messrs. William L. Frierson and R. P. Frierson for petitioner. Mr. Vaughn Miller for respondents. .Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 232.
No. 308. Murray v . Joe Gerr ick & Co. et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Washington granted. Messrs. William Martin and M. M. Doyle for petitioner. Messrs Walter L. Clark, Roszel C. Thomsen, J. Speed Smith, and Stephen V. Carey for respondents. Reported below: 172 Wash. 365; 20 P. (2d) 591.
No. 311. Van Dyke v . Commi ssione r of Internal Reve nue . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. R. A. Bartlett and Wm. E. Brooks for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key and George H. Foster for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 1020.
No. 312. Van Dyke v . Commi ssione r of Internal Revenue . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. R. A. Bartlett and Wm. E. Brooks for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key and George H. Foster for respondent. Reported below: 63 F. (2d) 1020.
No. 325. Hansen v . Haff , Acting Comm is si oner of Immigration . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Mr. Roger O’Donnell for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely and W. Marvin Smith for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 94.
No. 343. Hamburg -American Line v . Unite d Stat es . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the p. 616Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Roger O’Donnell, Wm. J. Peters, and Lambert O’Donnell for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs for the United States. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 369.
No. 349. Burnet , Commis sioner of Internal Reve - nue , v. American Chicle Co . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. William C. Breed and Paul L. Peyton for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 454.
No. 225. Burnet , Commiss ioner of Internal Reve - nue , v. Falk et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs, Miss Helen R. Carloss, and Messrs. Sewall Key and Erwin N. Griswold for petitioner. Messrs. Charles F. Fawsett and R. S. Doyle for respondents. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 171.
Nos. 227 and 228. Reynol ds v . Coope r ; and
No. 229. Same v . Coope r et al . October 9, 1933. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. N. E. Corthell and A. W. McCollough for respondents. Reported below:- 64 F. (2d) 644.
No. 394. Funk v . United States . October 16, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted, limited to the question as to what law is applicable to the determination p. 617of the competency of the wife of the petitioner as a witness. The motion for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis is granted. Messrs. Charles A. Hammer and John W. Carter, Jr., for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Solicitor General MacLean, and Messrs. Amos W. W. Woodcock and W. Marvin Smith for the United States. Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 70.
No. 338. Wolfle v. United States . October 16, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit is granted, limited to the question as to what law is applicable to the determination of the question of privilege which was raised at the trial. Messrs. S. J. Wettrick and H. Sylvester Garvin for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. Harry S. Ridgely for the United States. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 566.
No. 400. City of Marion , Illi nois , et al . v . Sneeden , Receiver . October 16, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Messrs. David F. Rosenthal, Richard Mayer, Carl Meyer, R. T. Cook, C. E. Pope, Henry F. Driemeyer, and William Cattron Rigby for petitioners. Messrs. John Hay, Charles C. Murrah, and Hosea V. Ferrell for respondent. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 721.
No. 361. Interstate Commerce Comm ’n v . Penn - syl vania R. Co. et al . October 16,1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Messrs. Daniel W. Knowlton, H. L. Underwood, and Wm. H. Bonneville for petitioner. Messrs. Frederic D. McKenney and Henry Wolf Bikie for respondents; Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 37.
No. 434. Burroughs and Cannon v . United States . October 23, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Mr. Robert H. McNeill for petitioners. Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Malloy, and Mr. Harry S. Ridgely, for the United States. Reported below: 62 App.D.C. 163; 65 F. (2d) 796.
No. 419. Globe Indemnity Co . v . United State s ex rel . Steacy -Schmi dt Mfg . Co ., Inc . October 23, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Mr. Frederic L. Ballard for petitioner. Mr. Samuel W. Cooper for respondent. Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 302.
No. 421. Falbo v. United States . October 23, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. Warren E. Miller and Samuel W. Bassett for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Mr. W. Clifton Stone for the United States. Reported below: 64 F. (2d) 948.
No. 429. Travele rs Protect ive Assn . v . Prinsen . October 23, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit granted. Messrs. Emmett M. Bagley and Paul H. Ray for petitioner. Messrs. D. Worth Clark, Joseph H. Peterson, and Harley W. Gustin for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 841.
No. 435. Miguel v .'Mc Carl , Compt roller General , et al . October 23, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari p. 619290 TJ.S. Decisions Granting Certiorari.
to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Messrs. Samuel T. Ansell and George M. Wilmeth for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs for respondent. Reported below: 62 App.D.C. 259; 66 F. (2d) 564.
No. 449. Clark , Receiver , v . Willi ard et al . October 23, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Montana granted. Messrs. M. S. Gunn and Edmond M. Cook for petitioner. Mr. Louis P. Donovan for respondents. Reported below: 91 Mont. 493; 11 P. (2d) 782.
No. 463. Elliot et al . v . Lombard . November 6,1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Messrs. J. Zach Spearing and Wm. A. Van Siclen for petitioners. No appearance for respondent. Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 662.
No. 477. Best , Adminis trator , v . Distri ct of Co - lumbia . November 6, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Messrs. James A. O'Shea, John H. Burnett, and Alfred Goldstein for petitioner. Messrs. William W. Bride, Vernon E. West, and Robert E. Lynch for respondent. Reported below: 62 App.D.C. 271; 66 F. (2d) 797.
No. 505. Manhattan Prop erti es , Inc . v . Irving Trust Co ., Trustee ; and
No. 506. Brown et al . v . Same . November 13, 1933. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. C. Dickerman Williams, William D. Mitchell, Rollin Browne, Ralph Montgomery Arkush, and Amos J. Peaslee for p. 620petitioners. Messrs. Frederick H. Wood, Wm. D. Whitney, James S. Hays, and Harold L. Fierman for respondent. Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 470, 473.
No. 524. Malavazo s et al . v . Irving Trust Co ., Trust ee . November 20, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Albert D. Cash for petitioners. Mr. Moses Cohen for respondent. Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 482.
No. 498. Federal Land Bank of Berkeley v . Warner et al . November 20, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Arizona granted. Messrs. Richard W. Young and Peyton R. Evans, and Miss May T. Bigelow for petitioner. Mr. Charles Woolf for respondents. Reported below: 23 P. (2d) 563.
No. 515. Helver ing , Commi ssione r of Inter nal Revenue , v . Newp ort Co . November 20, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biggs for petitioner. Messrs. Charles F. Fawsett and Richard S. Doyle for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 925.
No. 526. Pagel et al . v . Pagel , Adminis trat or , et al . November 20, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Minnesota granted. Mr. L. D. Barnard for petitioners. Mr. Charles A. Swenson for respondents. Reported below: 189 Minn. 383; 249 N.W. 417.
No. 535. Connell et al . v . Walke r . November 20, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court p. 621of North Dakota granted. Mr. John A. Jorgenson for petitioners. Mr. Paul E. Shorb for respondent. Reported below: 63 N.D. 622; 249 N.W. 726.
No. 597. Mc Knett v . St . Louis & San Franci sco Ry . Co. December 4, 1933. The motion for leave to proceed further herein in forma pauperis is granted. The petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Alabama is also granted. Mr. Walter Brower for petitioner. Mr. Forney Johnston for respondent. Reported below: 149 So. 822.
No. 358. Bosw orth , Receive r , v . Continent al Illi - nois Bank & Trus t Co . December 4, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Messrs. Amos C. Miller, F. G. Await, George P. Barse, John F. Anderson, and George B. Springston for petitioner. Messrs. Isaac H. Mayer, Carl Mayer, and David F. Rosenthal for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 632.
No. 547. New Colonial Ice Co ., Inc . v . Helvering , Commi ssione r of Internal Revenue . December 4, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Edward G. Griffin and Joseph Sterling for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs and Messrs. Sewall Key and John H. McEvers for respondent. Reported below: 66 F. (2d) 480.
No. 565. Lough ran v . Lough ran et al . December 4, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Mr. Robert H. McNeill for petitioner. Messrs. Wm. E. Leahy, Wm. J. Hughes, Jr., Eugene B. Sullivan, and James F. Reilly for p. 622respondents. Reported below: 62 App.D.C. 262; 66 F. (2d) 567.
No. 363. Arrow -Hart & Hegeman Electric Co. v. Federa l Trade Comm ’n . December 11, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Charles Neave, Arthur F. Mullen, Arthur L. Shipman, Wallace W. Brown, and Charles Welles Gross for petitioner. Solicitor General Biggs, Assistant Attorney General Stephens, and Messrs. Wm. G. Davis and Robert E. Healy for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 336.
No. 561. Intern atio nal Milli ng Co . v . Colum bia Transportati on Co . December 11, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Minnesota granted. Messrs. Oscar Mitchell and Albert C. Gillette for petitioner. Messrs. Edgar W. MacPherran, Thomas H. Garry, and Carl V. Essery for respondent. Reported below: 189 Minn. 507, 516; 250 N.W. 186, 190.
No. 575. Gilvary v . Cuyahoga Valley Ry . Co . December 11, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Ohio granted. Mr. Glen A. Boone for petitioner. Mr. W. T. Kinder for respondent. Reported below: 127 Ohio St. 402.
No. 578. Asch enbren ner v . U.S. Fidelity & Guar - anty Co. December 11, 1933. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Mr. Allen G. Wright for petitioner. Messrs. Edwin C. Brandenburg and Louis M. Denit for respondent. Reported below: 65 F. (2d) 976.