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JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT'

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.

MELVILLE WESTON FULLER, CHIEF JUSTICE.
JOHN MARSHALL HARLAN, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
DAVID JOSIAH BREWER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
RUFUS W. PECKHAM, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
JOSEPH MCKENNA, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM R. DAY, ASSOCciate Justice.
WILLIAM HENRY MOODY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

CHARLES J. BONAPARTE,' ATTORNEY GENERAL.

GEORGE WOODWARD WICKERSHAM,3 ATTORNEY GENERAL.

HENRY MARTYN HOYT, SOLICITOR GENERAL.

LLOYD WHEATON BOWERS, SOLICTOR GENERAL.

JAMES HALL MCKENNEY, CLERK.

JOHN MONTGOMERY WRIGHT, MARSHAL.

1 For allotment of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the Jeveral circuits see next page.

'Resigned in March, 1909.

3 Of New York; appointed March 5, 1909.

• Of Illinois; appointed April 1, 1909.

SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES.

ALLOTMENT OF JUSTICES, DECEMBER 24, 1906.1

ORDER: There having been an Associate Justice of this court appointed since the commencement of this term, 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, Rufus W. Peckham, Associate Justice.

For the Third Circuit, William H. Moody, Associate Justice. For the Fourth Circuit, Melville W. Fuller, Chief Justice. For the Fifth Circuit, Edward D. White, Associate Justice. For the Sixth Circuit, John M. Harlan, Associate Justice. For the Seventh Circuit, William R. Day, Associate Justice. For the Eighth Circuit, David J. Brewer, Associate Justice. For the Ninth Circuit, Joseph McKenna, Associate Justice.

1 For the last preceding allotment see 202 U. S. vii.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

TABLE OF CASES REPORTED.

Albany and Susquehanna Railroad Company, Delaware
and Hudson Company v.

American Banana Company v. United Fruit Company
American Security and Trust Company, Turner v..
Arts, Coder, Trustee of Armstrong, Bankrupt, v.
Asociacion de Señoras Damas del Santo Asilo de Ponce,
Martinez v.