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Decisions Per Curiam, Etc.

263 U.S.

Per Curiam. Dismissed for lack of jurisdictional amount required by § 241, Judicial Code. Mr. S. W. Williams, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States. Mr. C. W. King, with whom Mr. George F. Short was on the brief, for appellees.

No. 171 JOAB H. BANTON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ETC. v. EDWARD M. FULLER ET AL. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Submitted January 14, 1924. Decided January 21, 1924. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed with costs; and cause remanded to the said District Court to be dealt with in the legal discretion of the court. Dier v. Banton, 262 U. S. 147, 151; Ex parte Fuller, 262 U. S. 91. Mr. John Caldwell Myers for appellant. Mr. Arthur Garfield Hays appeared for appellees.

No. 147. JOAB H. BANTON, DISTRICT ATTORNEY, ETC. V. SAMUEL RUSKAY ET AL., ETC. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York. Submitted January 16, 1924. Decided January 21, 1924. Per Curiam. Decree reversed; and cause remanded to the said District Court to be dealt with in the legal discretion of the court. Dier v. Banton, 262 U. S. 147, 151; Ex parte Fuller, 262 U. S. 91. Mr. John Caldwell Myers for appellant. Mr. Harry J. Gerrity for appellees.

No. 173. UNITED STATES EX REL. NELIDA A. DURNFORD v. HUBERT WORK, SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. Error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Argued January 17, 1924. Decided January 21, 1924. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed upon the authority of

Riverside Oil Co. v. Hitchcock, 190 U. S. 316; Ness v. Fisher, 223 U. S. 683; Alaska Smokeless Coal Co. v. Lane, 250 U. S. 549; Hall v. Payne, 254 U. S. 343; Brown v. Hitchcock, 173 U. S. 473, 479. Mr. Samuel Herrick, with whom Mr. P. W. Spaulding was on the brief, for plaintiff in error. Mr. H. L. Underwood, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for defendant in error.

Error to

No. 178. UNITED STATES v. J. P. RANSOM. the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Argued January 18, 1924. Decided January 21, 1924. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed upon the authority of McCurdy v. United States, 246 U. S. 263, 273. Mr. S. W. Williams, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck was on the brief, for the United States. Mr. C. W. King, with whom Mr. · George F. Short was on the brief, for defendant in error.

PETITIONS FOR CERTIORARI GRANTED, FROM OCTOBER 1, 1923, TO AND INCLUDING JANUARY 28, 1924.

No. 357. UNITED STATES v. EDWARD H. CHILDS, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, ETC. October 8, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Solicitor General Beck for petitioner. Mr. Moses Cohen for respondent.

No. 365. B. FERNANDEZ & BROS., SUCCESSORS, v. LEONOR AYLLON Y OJEDA, ETC. October 8, 1923. Petitions for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the

First Circuit granted. Mr. Philip N. Jones, Mr. Frank Antonsanti and Mr. Frederick S. Tyler for petitioner. No brief filed for respondent.

No. 371. JAMES C. DAVIS, AGENT, v. MRS. MARY KENNEDY, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. October 8, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee granted. Mr. Fitzgerald Hall and Mr. Frank Slemons for petitioner. Mr. F. M. Bass and Mr. W. E. Norvell, Jr., for respondent.

No. 392. ROBERT E. TOD, COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION, v. SZEJUA WALDMAN ET AL. October 8, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Crim and Mr. Harry S. Ridgely for petitioner. No brief filed for respondents.

No. 401. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTURING COMPANY V. FORMICA INSULATION COMPANY. October 8, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. Mr. Drury W. Cooper and Mr. John C. Kerr for petitioner. Mr. John H. Lee and Mr. J. Edgar Bull for respondent.

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No. 415. UNITED STATES v. JAMES J. JOHNSTON. tober 8, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, for the United States. Mr. Thomas C. Bradley for respondent.

No. 423. BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY v. FREDA GROEGER, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. October 15, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. Mr. S. H. Tolles for petitioner. Mr. Frank M. Cobb for respondent.

No. 450. A. L. MAY, AS TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, ETC. v. J. M. HENDERSON, JR., ET AL. October 15, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Mr. Henry G. W. Dinkelspiel for petitioner. No brief filed for respondents.

No. 451. ZIANG SUNG WAN v. UNITED STATES. October 15, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia granted. Mr. James A. O'Shea, Mr. Charles Fahy, Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. William C. Dennis for petitioner. No brief filed for the United States.

No. 455. CHARLES V. DUFFY, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, ETC. v. CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY. October 15, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mrs. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Assistant Attorney General, for petitioner. Mr. Charles E. Miller for respondent.

No. 373. HARRY GLASSMAN v. ROBERT C. RAND, RECEIVER, ETC. October 22, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Dorothy Frooks for petitioner. Mr. Archibald Palmer for respondent.

No. 512. EDMUND L. EBERT ET AL. V. HARRY P. POSTON. October 22, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan granted. Mr. P. J. M. Hally for petitioners. Mr. Louis Cohane for respondent.

No. 517. E. I. DUPONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY v. JAMES C. DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL, ETC. October 22, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. Z. B. Harrison for petitioner. Mr. Luther M. Walter, by leave of Court, as amicus curiae. No appearance for respondent.

No. 546. WILLIAM R. RODMAN, UNITED STATES MARSHAL, V. ROLAND R. POTHIER. October 22, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. Mr. Solicitor General Beck for petitioner. Mr. Davis G. Arnold for respondent.

No. 547. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY V. ROY STROUD. October 22, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Springfield Court of Appeals of the State of Missouri granted. Mr. Edward J. White, Mr. James F. Green and Mr. J. C. Sheppard for petitioner. No appearance for respondent.

No. 549. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY, AS OWNER, ETC., OF THE STEAMSHIP LLAMA v. UNITED STATES. October 22, 1923. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Mr. Cletus Keating and Mr. John M. Woolsey for petitioner. Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ottinger and Mr. J. Frank Staley, Special Assistant to the Attorney General, for the United States.