No. 94. ST. LOUIS, IRON MOUNTAIN & SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al. appellants, v. The SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY; and

No. 304. UNITED STATES FIDELITY &ceived during the period stated and the five GUARANTY COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. dollars per day which it is adjudged he was The STATE OF OKLAHOMA et al. April 16, entitled to receive during the said period. 1919. See, also, 168 Pac. 234. Mr. C. B. Ames, of Oklahoma City, Okl., for plaintiff in error. Mr. S. P. Freeling, of Oklahoma City, Okl., for defendant in error. Expiration of the terms of office of R. L. Williams, governor; J. L. Lyon, as secretary of state; E. B. Howard, as auditor; Frank Gault, as president of the Board of Agriculture of the State of Oklahoma, suggested, and appearance of J. B. A. Robertson, governor; Joe S. Morris, as secretary of state; F. C. Carter, as auditor; and J. W. Whitehurst, as president of the Board of Agriculture of the State of Oklahoma, as parties plaintiffs in error, filed and entered, per stipulation, and on motion of Mr. C. B. Ames for the plaintiffs in error.

No. 95. ST. LOUIS SOUTHWESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., appellants, v. The SOUTHERN COTTON OIL COMPANY. April 21, 1919. For former opinion, see 249 U. S. 134, 39 Sup. Ct. 237, 63 L. Ed. 517. Messrs. J. M. Moore and George A. McConnell, both of Little Rock, Ark., for appellants. Motion to modify decree in these cases denied.

(249 U. S. 590)

No. 163. CENTRAL OF GEORGIA RAILWAY COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. William A. WRIGHT, Comptroller General, etc. April 21, 1919. For former opinion, see 248 U. S. 525, 39 Sup. Ct. 181, 63 L. Ed. 401, which reverses 146 Ga. 406, 91 S. E. 471. Messrs. A. R. Lawton and T. M. Cunningham, both of Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff in error. Messrs. John C. Hart, of Atlanta, Ga., and Samuel H. Sibley, of Union Point, Ga., for defendant in error. The application to file petition for rehearing is allowed and the rehearing is granted in so far as the validity of the tax in question is involved in or depends upon the charters of the Southwestern and the. Muskogee Railroad and the subsequent relevant legislation. As to all other questions in the case, therefore, the request for leave to file the application for rehearing is denied and the case for rehearing, limited as above stated, is ordered restored to the docket for reargument.

No. 185. OKLAHOMA GIN COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. The STATE OF OKLAHOMA, and

No. 494. The OKLAHOMA OPERATING COMPANY, appellant, v. J. E. LOVE et al., etc. April 21, 1919. See, also, 158 Pac. 629. Mr. C. B. Ames, of Oklahoma City, Okl., for appellant. Mr. S. P. Freeling, Atty. Gen., for State of Oklahoma. It is ordered that these cases be restored to the docket for reargument.

(249 U. S. 589)

No. 80. John H. COCHNOWER, appellant, v. The UNITED STATES. April 21, 1919. Appeal from the Court of Claims. Messrs. L. T. Michener, of Washington, D. C., and William E. Russell, of New York City, for appellant. Mr. Attorney General, for the United States. It is hereby ordered that the judgment in this case entered on January 13, 1919 (248 U. S. 405, 39 Sup. Ct. 137, 63 L. Ed. 328, which No. 202. SOUTHERN OREGON COMreverses judgment, 51 Ct. Cl. 461) be, and the PANY, appellant, v. The UNITED STATES. same is hereby, restated so as to cause the fol- April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 241 lowing to be substituted therefor: This cause Fed. 16, 154 C. C. A. 16. See, also, 250 U. S. came on to be heard on the transcript of the - 39 Sup. Ct. 6, 63 L. Ed. Mr. John record from the Court of Claims, and was ar- M. Gearin, of Portland, Or., for appellant. Mr. gued by counsel. On consideration whereof, It Attorney General, for the United States. Apis now here ordered and adjudged by this court peal from the United States Circuit Court of that the judgment of the said Court of Claims Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considering the in this cause be, and the same is hereby, re- suggestion made to the court by the parties to versed, and that this cause be, and the same the above-entitled cause, that all matters of is hereby, remanded to the said Court of Claims difference between them arising out of the subwith directions to enter a judgment for the ject matter of this litigation have been satisclaimant for compensation for his services at factorily adjusted and settled pursuant to the the rate of one dollar per day from the first of provisions of the act of Congress approved FebJuly, 1910, to the thirtieth of June, 1913, in-ruary 26, 1919, entitled "An act to accept from clusive; that is, so as to make up the difference the Southern Oregon Company, a corporation between the four dollars per day actually re-organized under the laws of the State of Ore

gon, a reconveyance of the lands granted to Loughran, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner.

the State of Oregon by the act approved March 3, 1869, entitled 'An act granting lands to the State of Oregon to aid in the construction of a military wagon road from the navigable waters of Coos Bay to Roseburg, in said state,' commonly known as the Coos Bay Wagon Road grant, to provide for the disposition of said lands, and for other purposes," and, further, considering the joint motion by the said parties to remand the cause. It is hereby ordered that this cause be, and the same is hereby, remanded to the district court, with authority in that court to modify the final decree in the cause so as to carry into effect the said act of Congress of February 26, 1919.

No. 553. The CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK et al., petitioners, v. The TEXAS COMPANY. April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 250 Fed. 742, 163 С. С. A. 74. Mr. H. M. Garwood, of Houston, Tex., for petitioners. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

(249 U. S. 597)

No. 860. FIDELITY TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, ancillary administrator, etc., petitioner, v. The DUBOIS ELECTRIC COMPANY. April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 253 Fed. 987. Messrs. James R. Sterrett, M. W. Acheson, Jr., and Charles Alvin Jones, all of Pittsburgh, Pa., for petitioner. The motion to reinstate the petition for certiorari, in accordance with the reservation to that effect in the order of March 24, 1919 (249 U. S. 606, 39 Sup. Ct. 290, 63 L. Ed. -) is allowed. It is ordered that the writ of certiorari be, and the same is hereby, granted.

(249 U. S. 613)

No. 868. Harry B. DUANE and Ginter Grocery Company, petitioners, v. The MERCHANTS LEGAL STAMP COMPANY et al.; and

No. 869. Harry B. DUANE, petitioner, v. The MERCHANTS LEGAL STAMP COMPANY et al. April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 231 Mass. 113, 120 N. E. 370. Mr. Boyd B. Jones, of Boston, Mass., for petitioner. Mr. Anson M. Lyman, of Boston, Mass., for respondents. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts denied.

Mr. Alex C. King, Sol. Gen., of Atlanta, Ga., for respondent. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied.

(249 U. S. 613)

No. 908. E. A. LAUGHTER, petitioner, v. The UNITED STATES of America; and

No. 909. E. A. LAUGHTER and W. N. Fisher, petitioners, v. The UNITED STATES of America. April 21, 1919. Messrs. Frank S. Eigin and A. B. Galloway, both of Memphis, Tenn., for petitioner. Messrs. Alex C. King, Sol. Gen., of Atlanta, Ga., and William L. Frierson, Asst. Atty. Gen., for the United States. Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the

Sixth Circuit denied. For opinion below, see 259 Fed. 94.

(249 U. S. 614)

No. 927. Εvalyn CHARLTON, administratrix, etc., petitioner, v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY. April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 256 Fed. 988. Mr. John Winston Read, of Newport News, Va., for petitioner. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.

(249 U. S. 614)

No. 934. Eli G. FRANKENSTEIN, petitioner, v. Carl M. JACOBS, trustee, etc. April 21, 1919. Messrs. Bentley & Mente, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner. Messrs. De Camp & Sutphin, Walter A. De Camp. and George B. Moormann, all of Cincinnati, Ohio, for respondent Jacobs. Messrs. Sidney G. Stricker, of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Saul S. Myers, of New York City, for Gera Mills. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. For opinion below, see In re Diamond's Estate, 259 Fed. 70.

(249 U. S. 614)

No. 935. Charles McKNIGHT, petitioner, v. The UNITED STATES of America. April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 252 Fed. 687. Messrs. Benjamin B. Blakeney and James H. Maxey, both of Tulsa, Okl., for petitioner. Messrs. Alex. C. King, Sol. Gen., of Atlanta, Ga., and William L. Frierson, Assist. Atty. Gen.,

for the United States. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied.

(249 U. S. 614)

No. 940. Edna M. RAWLS, petitioner, v. The PENN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF PHILADELPHIA. April 21, 1919. For opinion below, see 253 Fed. 725. Messrs. John S. Maxwell and George C. Bedell, both of Jacksonville, Fle., for petitioner. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.

(249 U. S. 597)

No. 949. The UNITED STATES, petitioner, ▼. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY. April 21, 1919. For opinion below. see 255 Fed. 655. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted.

(249 U. S. 614)

No. 954. W. D. RENFRO, petitioner, v. | District of Kansas. Mr. J. W. Dana, of KanCharles OLENTINE et al. April 21, 1919. sas City, Mo., for Kansas City Gas Co. and For opinion below, see 178 Pac. 119. Messrs. others. Mr. Charles Blood Smith, of Topeka, Napoleon B. Maxey and John B. Campbell, both | Kan., for Fidelity Title & Trust Co. Mr. of Muskogee, Okl., for petitioner. Messrs. Floyd E. Harper, of Leavenworth, Kan. (Mr. William W. Noffsinger and Geo. S. Ramsey, Thomas F. Doran, of Topeka, Kan., of counboth of Muskogee, Okl., for respondent. Peti- sel), for Leavenworth, Light, Heat & Power tion for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Co. Messrs. John H. Atwood, of Kansas City, Court of the State of Oklahoma denied.

Mo., Robert Stone, of Topeka, Kan., and Chester I. Long, of Wichita, Kan.. for Landon. Mr. John J. Jones, of Chanute, Kan., for Sharitt. Messrs. R. A. Brown, of St. Joseph, Mo., Kansas Natural Gas Co. Mr. J. M. Chaliss, and T. S. Salathiel, of Independence, Kan., for of Atchison, Kan. (Mr. W. P. Waggener, of Atchison, Kan., of counsel), for Atchison Railway, Light & Power Co. Mr. Charles A. Loomis, of Kansas City, Mo., for petitioners and appellees. In these cases it is ordered that the decree entered March 17, 1919 (249 U. S. 236, 39 Sup. Ct. 268, 63 L. Ed. 577), be vacated and decree now entered as follows: The decrees below are reversed and the cause is remanded to the trial court with directions to hear it anew and determine all the issues involved, including those arising on the several bills, cross bills, and answers in the nature of cross bills, in conformity with the views expressed in the opinion of this court; and to take such further proceedings as may be appropriate and consistent with such opinion. All temporary injunctions in force at the time of the entry of the decrees from which appeals were taken here shall be continued in force until otherwise ordered. The costs in this court will be paid one-half by John M. Landon, receiver of the Kansas Natural Gas Company, and the remainder shall be paid, one-third by each of the three groups of appellants.

No. 2, original. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, complainant, V. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. April 28, 1919. See, also, 246 U. S. 565, 38 Sup. Ct. 400, 62 L. Ed. 883. Messrs. Wm. A. Anderson of Lexington, Va., Holmes Conrad, of Winchester, Va., Randolph Harrison, of Lexington, Va., and Samuel W. Williams, of Roanoke, Va., for complainant. Messrs. W. Mollohan, G. W. McClintic, and C. W. May, all of Charleston, W. Va., Chas. E. Hogg, of Point Pleasant, W. Va., J. G. (249 U. S. 591) Carlisle, of Washington, D. C., and John C. No. 388. Webb C. HAYES, plaintiff in error, Spooner, of New York City, for respondent. Motion for the appointment of receivers and V. The HOCKING VALLEY RAILWAY COMof a special master. The motion for the ap-PANY. April 28, 1919. In error to the Supointment of receivers and of a special master preme Court of the State of Ohio. For opin

is denied.

ion below, see 96 Ohio St. 598, 118 N. E. 1083. Mr. Chas. A. Seiders, of Toledo, Ohio, for plaintiff in error. Messrs. John F. Wilson, of CoSOUTHERN OREGON COMPA-lumbus, Ohio, and Lloyd T. Williams, of Toledo, NY. appellant, v. The UNITED STATES. Ohio (Messrs. Wilson & Rector, of Columbus, April 28, 1919. See, also, 249 U. S. 589, 39 Ohio, and Brown, Geddes, Schmettau & WilSup. Ct. 387, 63 L. Ed. Mr. John Mliams, of Toledo, Ohio, of counsel), for defendant in error.

No. 202.

Gearin, of Portland, Or., for complainant, Mr. Alex C. King, Sol. Gen., of Atlanta, Ga., for the United States. Mandate granted, on motion of Mr. Solicitor General King for the appellee.

(249 U. S. 590)

No. 277. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION FOR STATE OF KANSAS et al., appellants, v. John M. LANDON, as receiver of the Kansas Natural Gas Company et al.;

No. 329. KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI, et al., appellants, v. John M. LANDON, receiver, etc., et al.;

No. 330. KANSAS CITY GAS COMPANY et al., appellants, v. KANSAS NATURAL GAS COMPANY et al.; and

No. 353. The PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION for STATE OF KANSAS et al., appellants, v. John M. LANDON, as receiver, etc., et al. April 28, 1919. Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the

PER CURIAM. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 100, 25 Sup. Ct. 727, 50 L. Ed. 101; Empire State-Idaho Mining Co. v. Hanley, 205 U, S. 225, 232, 27 Sup. Ct. 476, 51 L. Ed. 779; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71, 79, 29 Sup. Ct. 580, 53 L. Ed. 914; Brolan v. United States, 236 U. S. 216, 218, 35 Sup. Ct. 285, 59 L. Ed. 544.

The UNITED STATES of America. April COMPANY, plaintiff in error, v. The UNITED

231, 36 Stat. 1156), as amended by the act of Interlocutory injunction granted upon the givSeptember 6, 1916 (ch. 448, § 2, 39 Stat. 726 ing of bond in the sum of $1,000, to be approv[Comp. St. § 1214]); (2) Consolidated Turn-ed by the clerk of this court.