257 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil & Gas Co., 250 U. S. 394, 397; Hunter v. Pittsburgh, 207 U. S. 161, 178; Kansas City v. Public Service Commission of Missouri, 250 U. S. 652; Hillsboro v. Public Service Commission of Oregon, point (3), 255 U. S. 562; Groesbeck v. Detroit United Railway, ante, 609. Mr. Glenn C. Gillespie for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Elliott G. Stevenson and Mr. William L. Carpenter for defendant in error. No. 92. UNITED STATES EX REL. ROBERT A. WIDENMANN v. CHARLES E. HUGHES, AS SECRETARY OF STATE, ETC. Error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted December 12, 1921. Decided December 19, 1921. Per Curiam. Affirmed upon the authority of the National Prohibition Cases, 253 U. S. 350. Mr. George W. Tucker and Mr. Everett V. Abbott for plaintiff in error. Mr. Solicitor General Beck for defendant in error. No. 155. UNITED STATES EX REL. HARRY S. MECARTNEY v. BAINBRIDGE COLBY, SECRETARY OF STATE ET AL. Error to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted December 12, 1921. Decided December 19, 1921. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 100; Toop v. Ulysses Land Co., 237 U. S. 580, 583; Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Graham, 253 U. S. 193, 195. Mr. Harry S. Mecartney and Mr. W. C. Sullivan for plaintiff in error. Mr. Solicitor General Beck for defendants in error. No. 592. CITY OF LOUISVILLE v. LOUISVILLE RAILWAY COMPANY. On certificate from the Circuit Court of Ap Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 257 U.S. peals for the Sixth Circuit. Argued December 16, 1921. Decided December 19, 1921. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. J. S. Lawton, with whom Mr. William T. Baskett and Mr. M. H. Thatcher were on the briefs, for City of Louisville. Mr. Churchill Humphrey, with whom Mr. Alex. Pope Humphrey and Mr. Edward P. Humphrey were on the briefs, for Louisville Railway Company. No. 17, Original. COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA v. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA; and No. 18, Original. STATE OF OHIO V. STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA. Argued December 8, 9, 1921. Order entered January 9, 1922. It is ordered that these cases be restored to the docket for reargument on February 27, with special reference to the questions: (1) Whether the suit was not prematurely brought as no action has been taken either by the State or by the state commission under the statute, and (2) Whether the bill presents a cause justiciable between the two States parties to the action. No. 368. THOMAS SNYDER, ON BEHALF OF HIMSELF, ETC. v. GEORGE G. DAVIDSON JR., INDIVIDUALLY AND AS COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS, ETC., ET AL. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York. Argued January 3, 4, 1922. Decided January 9, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction, upon the authority of St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 237 U. S. 575, 577-578. Mr. Basil Robillard for appellant. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Ottinger, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. Harvey B. Cox were on the brief, for appellees. Mr. John W. Beaumont, by leave of court, filed a brief as amicus curiae. 257 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. No. 20, Original. STATE OF OKLAHOMA V. STATE OF TEXAS. January 16, 1922. Order entered making allowance to commissioner appointed to take and return testimony in this cause for his services and his expenses. No. 144. FRANK H. SCHURMANN v. UNITED STATES. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Motion to dismiss submitted January 3, 1922. Decided January 16, 1922. Per Curiam. Proof of proper notice for motion having now been produced, the motion to dismiss is granted and the appeal is dismissed upon the authority of Lau Ow Bew v. United States, 144 U. S. 47, 58; Horn v. Mitchell, 243 U. S. 247, 249. Mr. Harvey M. Friend for appellant. Mr. Solicitor General Beck for the United States. No. 85. KANSAS CITY MOTION PICTURE MACHINE OPERATORS, ETC., ET AL. v. JOHN E. HUGHES ET AL., ETC. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Argued January 13, 1922. Decided January 16, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Section 237 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, § 2, 39 Stat. 726; Jett Bros. Distilling Co. v. Carrollton, 252 U. S. 1, 5-6. Mr. William J. Hughes, Mr. Frank P. Walsh and Mr, Joseph W. Folk, for plaintiffs in error, submitted. Mr. Charles M. Miller, with whom Mr. J. W. Dana was on the brief, for defendants in error. No., Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF ESSEX RUBBER COMPANY, PETITIONER. Submitted January 16, 1922. Decided January 30, 1922. Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of prohibition, and the petition for a writ of certiorari, herein, denied. Mr. Thomas J. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 257 U.S. Johnston and Mr. Lucius E. Varney for petitioner. Mr. Charles A. Brown for respondent. No. 133. LUTHER M. NESMITH V. STATE OF OHIO. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Motion to dismiss submitted January 16, 1922. Decided January 30, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 100; Toop v. Ulysses Land Co., 237 U. S. 580, 583; Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Graham, 253 U. S. 193, 195. Mr. Smith W. Bennett and Mr. Benjamin F. James for plaintiff in error. Mr. John G. Price for defendant in error. No. 344. KING COUNTY v. HEWITT-LEA LUMBER COMPANY. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. Motion to dismiss and petition for a writ of certiorari submitted January 23, 1922. Decided January 30, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Schlosser v. Hemphill, 198 U. S. 173, 175; Louisiana Navigation Co. v. Oyster Commission of Louisiana, 226 U. S. 99, 101; Coe v. Armour Fertilizer Works, 237 U. S. 413, 418, 419; Gray's Harbor Co. v. Coats-Fordney Co., 243 U. S. 251, 255; Bruce v. Tobin, 245 U. S. 18, 19. Writ of certiorari denied upon the same ground. Mr. Howard A. Hanson and Mr. Malcolm Douglas for plaintiff in error. Mr. James B. Howe for defendant in error. No. 609. CONTINENTAL INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL.; and No. 610. SEWARD PROSSER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES ET AL. Appeals from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. Argued January 18, 19, 1922. Order entered February 27, 1922. 257 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. It is ordered that these cases be restored to the docket for reargument, as the first cases for hearing April 10 next, on the question whether the decree in the District Court, from which these are appeals, is in conformity with the opinion of this court in United States v. Reading Co., 253 U. S. 26, and that the Attorney General be advised of this order. No. 75. PUEBLO OF LAGUNA v. JOSE CANDELARIA ET AL. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of New Mexico. Argued January 12, 13, 1922. Decided February 27, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 100; Toop v. Ulysses Land Co., 237 U. S. 580, 583; Piedmont Power & Light Co. v. Graham, 253 U. S. 193, 195. Mr. Francis C. Wilson for appellant. Mr. Frank W. Clancy for appellees. No. 112. P. H. HARRIS v. UNITED STATES. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Argued January 25, 1922. Decided February 27, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of United States v. Krall, 174 U. S. 385, 389– 391; German National Bank v. Speckert, 181 U. S. 405, 409; United States v. Beatty, 232 U. S. 463, 466. Mr. Charles B. Stuart, Mr. John F. Sharp and Mr. Marion K. Cruce, for appellant, submitted. Mr. Assistant Attorney General Riter, with whom Mr. Solicitor General Beck and Mr. H. L. Underwood were on the brief, for the United States. No. 115. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY v. IZARD COUNTY HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT No. 1. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Arkansas. Submitted January 26, 1922. Decided February 27, 1922. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Section |