VOLUME 267 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1924 FROM JANUARY 19, 1925, TO AND ERNEST KNAEBEL REPORTER GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1925 The price of this volume is fixed under the Act of July 1, 1922, c. 267, 42 Stat. 816, at $4.25 per copy, delivered. Sold by the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. II JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS 1 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, CHIEF JUSTICE. HARLAN FISKE STONE, ATTORNEY GENERAL.2 FRANK KEY GREEN, MARSHAL. 1 For allotment of The Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the several circuits, see p. IV, post. 2 On January 5, 1925, President Coolidge nominated Harlan Fiske Stone, of New York, to fill the place left vacant by retirement of Mr. Justice McKenna. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate, and Mr. Stone was commissioned, on February 5, 1925. He took the oath in open court, and ascended the bench, on March 2, 1925. On March 17, 1925, President Coolidge nominated John G. Sargent, of Vermont, as Attorney General, to succeed Mr. Stone, resigned. The nomination was confirmed by the Senate and the appointment made on that day and Mr. Sargent took the oath on the day following. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OCTOBER TERM, 1922.1 ORDER OF ALLOTMENT OF JUSTICES. It is ordered, That the following allotment be made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, agreeably to the act of Congress in such case made and provided, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz: For the First Circuit, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Associate Justice. For the Second Circuit, HARLAN FISKE STONE, Associate Justice. For the Third Circuit, Louis DEMBITZ BRANDEIS, Associate Justice. For the Fourth Circuit, WILLIAM H. TAFT, Chief Justice. For the Fifth Circuit, EDWARD T. SANFORD, Associate Justice. For the Sixth Circuit, JAMES C. MCREYNOLDS, Associate Justice. For the Seventh Circuit, PIERCE BUTLER, Associate Justice. For the Eighth Circuit, WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, Associate Justice. For the Ninth Circuit, GEORGE SUTHERLAND, Associate Justice. March 16, 1925. 1 For next previous allotment, see 266 U. S., p. ix. IV TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. Page Agee, Continental Casualty Co., v. Alejandrino v. Quezon. Alexsen, Carr v.. .... ... Alworth-Stephens Co., Lynch Executrix v. American Ry. Co. of Porto Rico, Lopez v... 610 589 591 607 364 598 603 233 American Surety Co., et al. v. Butterworth-Judson Asphalt Belt Ry. et al., Smyth, et al v. 326 Atchison, Topeka & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Collins. 609 Atchison, Topeka & S. F. Ry. Co., Stevens v. 603 Atchison, Topeka & S. F. Ry. Co. v. United States.. 591 Austin Nichols & Co. v. S. S. Isla de Panay... 260 Bacon & Matheson Forge Co. v. United States..... 585 Baltimore Grain Co., Federal Trade Comm. v...... 586 Banco di Roma v. Philippine National Bank. Barber, Rousso v 592 ... 596 ... Barclay & Co. v. Edwards, Collector... 442 577 Bartlett & Kling v. United States.. 573 Barton v. Leyte Asphalt & Mineral Oil Co.. Bauer Cooperage Co. v. Union Sav. Bank & Trust Co... 604 V |