THE

FEDERAL REPORTER

SECOND SERIES

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED
IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURTS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE COURT OF
APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WITH

KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS

WITH TABLE OF CASES IN WHICH REHEARINGS HAVE BEEN
GRANTED OR DENIED

VOLUME 18 (2d)

MAY-JUNE, 1927

ST. PAUL

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

NATIONAL REPORTER SYSTEM

1927

18 F. (2d)

Cite as
18 F.(2d)

COPYRIGHT 1927, BY WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY
Federal Reporter, Vol. 18 (2d) Nos. 1-6.

COPYRIGHT 1927, BY WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY

VOL. 18 FEDERAL REPORTER, (2d)

JUDGES

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURTS OF
THE UNITED STATES, AND COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FIRST CIRCUIT

Washington, D. C.
Manchester, N. H.

Portland, Me.

Boston, Mass.

Portland, Me.

Portland, Me.

Hon. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Circuit Justice
Hon. GEORGE HUTCHINS BINGHAM, Circuit Judge
Hon. CHARLES F. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge.
Hon. GEORGE W. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge
Hon. CLARENCE HALE, District Judge, Maine 1
Hon. JOHN A. PETERS, District Judge, Maine
Hon. JAMES M. MORTON, Jr., District Judge, Massachusetts. New Bedford, Mass.
Hon. JAMES ARNOLD LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts. . Boston, Mass.
Hon. ELISHA H. BREWSTER, District Judge, Massachusetts. . Springfield, Mass.
Hon. GEORGE F. MORRIS, District Judge, New Hampshire
Hon. ARTHUR L. BROWN, District Judge, Rhode Island 2
Hon. IRA LLOYD LETTS, District Judge, Rhode Island

Hon. HARLAN FISKE STONE, Circuit Justice
Hon. CHARLES M. HOUGH, Circuit Judge *
Hon. MARTIN T. MANTON, Circuit Judge
Hon. LEARNED HAND, Circuit Judge
Hon. THOMAS W. SWAN, Circuit Judge
Hon. AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge
Hon. EDWIN S. THOMAS, District Judge, Connecticut
Hon. MARCUS B. CAMPBELL, District Judge, E. D. New York.
Hon. ROBERT A. INCH, District Judge, E. D. New York .
Hon. GROVER M. MOSCOWITZ, District Judge, E. D. New York
Hon. FRANK COOPER, District Judge, N. D. New York . .
Hon. FREDERICK H. BRYANT, District Judge, N. D. New York
Hon. AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge, S. D. New York 5
Hon. JOHN CLARK KNOX, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. FRANCIS A. WINSLOW, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. HENRY W. GODDARD, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. WILLIAM BONDY, District Judge, S. D. New York.
Hon. THOMAS D. THACHER, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge, S. D. New York'

New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.

. New York, N. Y.

.New York, N. Y.

Died April 22, 1927.

Appointed Circuit Judge, took office June 1, 1927.
Appointed May 19, 1927.

'Appointed, took office June 1, 1927.

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Hon. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York
Hon. SIMON L. ADLER, District Judge, W. D. New York
Hon. HARLAND B. HOWE, District Judge, Vermont

THIRD CIRCUIT

Washington, D. C.
Pittsburgh, Pa.
Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J.
Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J.

Trenton, N. J.

. Newark, N. J.

Hon. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, Circuit Justice
Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge
Hon. VICTOR B. WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge
Hon. J. WARREN DAVIS, Circuit Judge
Hon. HUGH M. MORRIS, District Judge, Delaware
Hon. JOHN RELLSTAB, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. JOSEPH L. BODINE, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. WM. N. RUNYON, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. WILLIAM CLARK, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. J. WHITAKER THOMPSON, District Judge, E. D., Pa. . Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. OLIVER B. DICKINSON, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK, District Judge, E. D., Pa. . Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. ALBERT W. JOHNSON, District Judge, M. D. Pennsylvania . . Lewisburg, Pa.
Hon. ROBERT M. GIBSON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania . Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hon. W. H. SEWARD THOMSON, District Judge, W. D., Pa. . Pittsburgh, Pa.
Hon. FREDERIC P. SCHOONMAKER, District Judge, W. D., Pa.

Hon. JOHN J. PARKER, Circuit Judge
Hon. ELLIOTT NORTHCOTT, Circuit Judge
Hon. MORRIS A. SOPER, District Judge, Maryland
Hon. WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, District Judge, Maryland
Baltimore, Md.
Hon. ISAAC M. MEEKINS, District Judge, E. D. North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N. C.
Hon. JOHNSON J. HAYES, District Judge, M. D. North Carolina 12 Wilkesboro, N. C.
Hon. JAMES E. BOYD, District Judge, W. D. North Carolina . . Greensboro, N. C.
Hon. EDWIN Y. WEBB, District Judge, W. D. North Carolina Charlotte, N. C.
Hon. ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge, E. D., S. C. .
Hon. HENRY H. WATKINS, District Judge, W. D., S. C.
Hon. D. LAWRENCE GRONER, District Judge, E. D. Virginia
Hon. HENRY CLAY MCDOWELL, District Judge, W. D. Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.
Hon. GEORGE W. McCLINTIC, District Judge, S. D., W. Va.. Charleston, W. Va.
Hon. WILLIAM E. BAKER, District Judge, N. D. West Virginia

Hon. EDWARD T. SANFORD, Circuit Justice
Hon. RICHARD W. WALKER, Circuit Judge
Hon. NATHAN P. BRYAN, Circuit Judge
Hon. RUFUS E. FOSTER, Circuit Judge
Hon. HENRY D. CLAYTON, District Judge, N. and M. D., Ala..
Hon. WILLIAM I. GRUBB, District Judge, N. D. Alabama
Hon. ROBERT T. ERVIN, District Judge, S. D. Alabama

Appointed, took office May 26, 1927.
Died March 26, 1927.

11 Recess appointment April 6, 1927.
12 Recess appointment April 6, 1927.

10 Recess appointment April 6, 1927, to succeed Hon. John C. Rose.