(248 U. S. 534)

No. 352. DESCHUTES RAILROAD COMPANY, appellant, v. EASTERN OREGON LAND COMPANY. Nov. 4, 1918. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. For opinion below, see 246 Fed. 400, 158 C. C. A. 464. See, also, 245 U. S. 672, 38 Sup. Ct. 192, 62 L. Ed. 540. Messrs. Arthur C. Spencer and James G. Wilson, both of Portland, Or., for appellant. Messrs. Alex. Britton and Evans Browne, both of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) a. Section 128 of the Judicial Code (Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1133 [Comp. St. 1916, § 1120]); Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 237 U. S. 300, 35 Sup. Ct. 598, 59 L. Ed. 965; b. Equitable Assurance Soc. v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314, 23 Sup. Ct. 123, 47 L. Ed. 190; Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 33 Sup. Ct. 80, 57 L. Ed. 140; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600, 33 Sup. Ct. 605, 57 L. Ed. 982; (2) a. Bankers' Mutual Casualty Co. v. Minneapolis, St. P. & S. Ste. M. R. Co., 192 U. S. 371, 383, 385, 24 Sup. Ct. 325, 48 L. Ed. 484; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 34 Sup. Ct. 892, 58 L. Ed. 1557; b. Taylor v. Anderson, 234 U. S. 74, 34 Sup. Ct. 724, 58 L. Ed. 1218; Joy v. City of St. Louis, 201 U. S. 332, 26 Sup. Ct. 478, 50 L. Ed. 776. See writ of certiorari denied, Deschutes R. R. Co. v. Oregon Land Co., 245 U. S. 672, 38 Sup. Ct. 192, 62 L. Ed. 540.

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No. 380. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. The STATE OF ALABAMA. Nov. 4, 1918. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. For opinion below, see 78 South. 93. Messrs. H. L. Stone, of Corsicana, Tex., and E. Perry Thomas, of Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiff in error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of St. Louis S. W. Ry. Co. v. Arkansas, 235 U. S. 350, 35 Sup. Ct. 99, 59 L. Ed. 265; Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham Ry. Co. v. Stiles, 242 U. S. 111, 37 Sup. Ct. 58, 61 L. Ed. 176.

(248 U. S. 533, 575)

No. 457. The ZANESVILLE & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. Charles F. WILLIAMS, administrator, etc. Nov. 4, 1918. In error to the Court of Appeals of Muskingum County, State of Ohio. Mr. John H. Doyle, of Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff in error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of section 237. Judicial Code (Act March 3, 1911, с. 231, 36 Stat. 1156), as amended by the act of Congress of September 6, 1916, chap. 448, § 2, 39 Stat. 726 (Comp. St. 1916, § 1214); and petition for certiorari denied.

of Atlanta, Ga., and Leon Weil, of Montgomery, Ala., for appellee. Petition for a writ of certiorari herein denied.

(248 U. S. 532)

No. 524. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, appellant, v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. Nov. 4, 1918. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. For opinion below, see 250 Fed. 199, which affirmed 243 Fed. 687. Mr. William L. Clay, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant. Messrs. Henry L. Stone, of Louisville, Ky., and Henry C. Peeples, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) a. Section 128 of the Judicial Code (Act March 3, 1911, с. 231, 36 Stat. 1133 [Comp. St. 1916, § 1120]); Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 237 U. S. 300, 35 Sup. Ct. 598, 59 L. Ed. 965; b. Equitable Assurance Soc. v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314, 23 Sup. Ct. 123, 47 L. Ed. 190; Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 33 Sup. Ct. 80, 57 L. Ed. 140; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600, 33 Sup. Ct. 605, 57 L. Ed. 982; (2) Pensacola Telegraph Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 96 U. S. 1, 24 L. Ed. 708; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Ann Arbor R. R. Co., 178 U. S. 239, 20 Sup. Ct. 867, 44 L. Ed. 1052; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 195 U. S. 540, 25 Sup. Ct. 133, 49 L. Ed. 312, 1 Ann. Cas. 517; Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Richmond, 224 U. S. 160, 32 Sup. Ct. 449, 56 L. Ed. 710; Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Western Union Telegraph Co., 237 U. S. 300, 35 Sup. Ct. 598, 59 L. Ed. 965. See Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., 244 U. S. 649, 37 Sup. Ct. 743, 61 L. Ed. 1371.

No. 525. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, appellant, v. The NASHVILLE, CHATTANOOGA & ST. LOUIS RAILWAY. Nov. 4, 1918. For opinion below, see 250 Fed. 207, which affirms 243 Fed. 694. Mr. William L. Clay, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant. Messrs. Henry C. Peeples, of Atlanta, Ga., and Claude Waller, of Nashville, Tenn., for appellee. Petition for a writ of certiorari herein denied.

(248 U. S. 576)

No. 558. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, petitioner, v. LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD COMPANY. Nov. 4, 1918. For opinion below, see 249 Fed. 385. Mr. Adolphus Edward Richards, of

(248 U. S. 591)

No. 32. Francis A. CHURCHILL and Stewart Tait, copartners, doing business under the firm name and style of the Mercantile Advertising Agency, appellants and plaintiffs in error, v. James F. RAFFERTY, as Collector of Internal Revenue of the Philippine Islands. Nov. 11, 1918. Appeal from and in error to the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands. Mr. E. Allen Frost, of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Samuel T. Ansell, of Washington, D. C., for defendant in error. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the 19th Rule (32 Sup. Ot. ix).

(248 U. S. 535)

No. 290. OREGON-WASHINGTON RAILROAD & NAVIGATION COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. STODDARD LUMBER COMPANY. Nov. 11, 1918. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. For opinion be low, see 84 Or. 399, 165 Pac. 363. Messrs. Waldemar Van Cott, Edward M. Allison, Jr., and William D. Riter, all of Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiff in error. Mr. W. Lair Thompson, of Portland, Or., for defendant in

error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of section 237 of the Judicial Code (Act March 3, 1911, c. 231, 36 Stat. 1156), as amended by the act of September 6, 1916, с. 448, § 2, 39 Stats. at L. 726 (Comp. St. 1916, § 1214).

(248 U. S. 535)

No. 369. John C. MADDEN, plaintiff in error, v. W. M. FORBES. Nov. 11, 1918. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. For opinion below, see 102 Kan. 46, 169 Pac. 211. Mr. Joseph M. Stark, of Topeka, Kan., for plaintiff in error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Bilby et al. v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255, 257, 38 Sup. Ct. 264, 62 L. Ed. 701; Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Realty Co., 244 U. S. 300, 37 Sup. Ct. 643, 61 L. Ed. 1153; Stewart v. City of Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14, 36 Sup. Ct. 15, 60 L. Ed. 120; (2) Empire State-Idaho Mining Co. v. Hanley, 205 U. S. 225, 27 Sup. Ct. 476, 51 L. Ed. 779; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71, 29 Sup. Ct. 580, 53 L. Ed. 914; Brolan v. The United States, 236 U. S. 216, 35 Sup. Ct. 285, 59 L. Ed. 544.

(248 U. S. 535)

No. 523. WESTERN UNION TELE GRAPH COMPANY, appellant, v. The ATLANTA & WEST POINT RAILROAD COMPANY. Nov. 11, 1918. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. For opinion below, see 250 Fed. 208. Mr. William L. Clay, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant. Messrs. Sanders McDaniel, of Atlanta, Ga., and Leon Weil, of Montgomery, Ala., for appellee.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Western Union Telegraph Co. v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., 248 U. S. 576, 39 Sup. Ct. 18, 63 L. Ed. -, dismissed per curiam November 4, 1918.

(248 U. S. 557)

No. 599. MINERALS SEPARATION, Limited, et al., petitioners, v. BUTTE & SUPERIOR MÍNING COMPANY. Nov. 11, 1918. For opinion below, see 250 Fed. 241. Messrs. Henry D. Williams, William Houston Kenyon, and Lindley M. Garrison, all of New York City, Frederic D. McKenney, of Washington, D. C., Garret W. McEnerney, of San Francisco, Cal., and Odell W. McConnell, of Helena, Mont., for petitioners. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted.

(248 U. S. 557)

No. 691. The BARBER ASPHALT PAVING COMPANY, petitioner, v. William H. WOERHEIDE et al. Nov. 11, 1918. For opinion below, see 251 Fed. 196. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted.

(248 U. S. 578)

No. 692. ALTHEIMER & RAWLINGS INVESTMENT COMPANY, petitioner, v. E. B. ALLEN, U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue. Nov. 11, 1918. For opinion below, see 248 Fed. 688. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

(248 U. S. 578)

No. 709. James F. BISHOP, Administrator, etc., petitioner, v. GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY. Nov. 11, 1918. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

For opinion below, see Great Lakes Towing Co. v. St. Joseph-Chicago S. S. Co., 253 Fed. 635, 165 C. C. A. 261.

(248 U. S. 579)

No. 710. PITTSBURGH COAL COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, petitioner, v. GREAT LAKES TOWING COMPANY. Nov. 11, 1918: Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied.

(248 U. S. 579)

No. 726. NORTHWESTERN ELECTRIC EQUIPMENT COMPANY, petitioner, v. BENJAMIN ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY. Nov. 11, 1918. For opinion below, see 251 Fed, 288. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied.

(248 U. S. 591)

No. 48. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAIL ROAD COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. A. M. KEELS. Nov. 15, 1918. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina. For opinion below, see 104 S. C. 497, 89 S. E. 388. Mr. P. A. Willcox, of Florence, S. C., for plaintiff in error. Dismissed with costs, and mandate granted, on motion of Mr. Frederic D. McKenney, of counsel for the plaintiff in error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 25 Sup. Ct. 727, 50 L. Ed. 101; Empire State-Idaho Mining Co. v. Hanley. 205 U. S. 225, 27 Sup. Ct. 476, 51 L. Ed. 779; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71, 29 Sup. Ct. 580, 53 L. Ed. 914; Brolan v. United States, 236 U. S. 216, 35 Sup. Ct. 285, 59 L. Ed. 544; (2) Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Melton, 218 U. S. 36, 51, 52, 30 Sup. Ct. 676, 54 L. Ed. 921, 47 L. R. A. (N. S.) 84; Eastern Building & Loan Association v. Ebaugh, 185 U. S. 114, 22 Sup. Ct. 566, 46 L. Ed. 830; Pennsylvania Fire Insurance Co. v. Gold Issue Mining Co., 243 U. S. 93. 96, 37 Sup. Ct. 344, 61 L. Ed. 610; Texas & New Orleans R. R.

Co. v. Miller, 221 U. S. 408, 416, 31 Sup. Ct.

534, 55 L. Ed. 789.

(248 U. S. 536)

No. 42. CHICAGO, MILWAUKEE & ST. PAUL RAILWAY COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. Mary O'CONNOR, as administratrix, etc. Nov. 18, 1918. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin. For opinion below, see 163 Wis. 653, 158 N. W. 343. Messrs. C. H. Van Alstine and H. J. Killilea, both of Milwaukee, Wis., for plaintiff in error. Messrs. Victor I. Minahan and Eben R. Minahan, both of Green Bay, Wis., for defendant in error. PER CURIAM. Affirmed with costs upon the authority of Seaboard Air Line v. Padgett, 236 U. S. 668. 673, 35 Sup. Ct. 481. 59 L. Ed. 777; Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Knapp, 240 U. S. 464, 466, 36 Sup. Ct. 399, 60 L. Ed. 745; Southern Ry. Co. v. Puckett, 244 U. S. 571, 574, 37 Sup. Ct. 703, 61 L. Ed. 1321, Ann. Cas. 1918B, 69.

No. 46. Edmund PENFOLD et al., executors, etc., et al., plaintiffs in error, v. Eugene M. TRAVIS, as Comptroller of the State of New York. Nov. 18, 1918. In error to the Surrogate's Court, New York County, State of New York. For opinion below, see 216 N. Y. 171, 110 Ν. E. 499. Mr. William Mitchell, of New York City, for plaintiffs in error. Mr. John B. Gleason, of New York City, for defendant in error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of ju

(248 U. S. 591) No. 55. Paul APPENZELLAR, plaintiff in error, v. Henry C. CONRAD, associate judge, etc., et al. Nov. 18, 1918. For opinion below, see 6 Boyce (Del.) 225, 99 Atl. 31. Messrs. Josiah Marvel and David T. Marvel, both of Wilmington, Del., for plaintiff in error. Mr. Robert H. Richards, of Wilmington, Del., for defendant in error. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Delaware. Dismissed with costs, per stipulation.

No. 246. The CINCINNATI TRACTION

COMPANY et al., plaintiffs in error, v. the CITY OF CINCINNATI. Nov. 18. 1918. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. For opinion below, see 96 Ohio St. 602, 118 N. E. 1082. Messrs. Ellis G. Kinkead and Joseph Wilby, both of Cincinnati, Ohio, for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Charles A. Groom, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant in error.

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of ju

risdiction upon the authority of Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk, etc., Railway Co., 228 Ú. S. 596, 33 Sup. Ct. 605, 57 L. Ed. 982; Bilby et al. v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255, 257, 38 Sup. Ct. 264, 62 L. Éd. 701; Municipal Securities Corporation v. Kansas City, 246 U. S. 63, 69, 38 Sup. Ct. 224, 62 L. Ed. 579; Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Realty Co., 244 U. S. 300, 37 Sup. Ct. 643, 61 L. El. 1153.

No. 571. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAIIWAY COMPANY, petitioner, v. Mrs. Lessie HORTON, administratrix, etc. Nov. 18, 1918. See, also, 248 U. S. 553, 39 Sup. Ct. 8, 63 L. Ed. - Messrs. Thaddeus A. Adams, of Charlotte, N. C., and E. Marvin Underwood, of Norfolk, Va., for petitioner. Motion for supersedeas submitted by Mr. E. Marvin Underwood for the petitioner and motion granted, a bond for $25,000 to be given within ten days, to be approved by clerk of this court.

No. 720. Thomas J. MOONEY, petitioner, v. The PEOPLE OF STATE OF CALIFORΝΙΑ. Nov. 18, 1918. For opinion below, see 174 Pac. 325. Petition for a writ of certiorari

Bilby et al. v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255, 257, 38 Sup. Ct. 264, 62 L. Ed. 701; Municipal Securities Corporation v. Kansas City, 246 U. S. 63, 69, 38 Sup. Ct. 224, 62 L. Ed. 579; Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Realty Co., 244 U. S. 300, 37 Sup. Ct. 643, 61 L. Ed. 1153; (2) Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 25 Sup. Ct. 727, 50 L. Ed. 101; Empire State Idaho Mining Co. v. Hanley, 205 U. S. 225, 27 Sup. Ct. 476, 51 L. Ed. 779; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71, 29 Sup. Ct. 580, 53 L. Ed. 914; Brolan v. United States, 236 U. S. 216, 35 Sup. Ct. 285, 59 L. Ed. 544.

(248 U. S. 592)

No. 57. Joseph FENSTERWALD, plaintiff in error, v. Selma R. BURK. Nov. 19, 1918. In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland. For opinion below, see 129 Md. 131, 98 Atl. 358. Mr. Samuel Want, of Baltimore, Md., for plaintiff in error. Messrs. J. Kent Rawley, of Richmond, Va., and Edward M. Hammond, of Baltimore, Md., for defendant in error. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the 16th rule (32 Sup. Ct. ix) on motion of Mr. J. Kent Rawley for the defendant in errог.