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writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Norman E. Peterson for petitioner. Mr. Thomas D. Healy for respondent.

No. 692. VICTOR A. COOK, PETITIONER, v. MOBILE, JACKSON & KANSAS CITY RAILROAD COMPANY. April 27, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Hannis Taylor for petitioner. Mr. William H. McIntosh and Mr. Joseph C. Rich for respondent.

No. 717. MARTIN W. STEWART ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF PARK COLLEGE ET AL. April 27, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. W. B. C. Brown for petitioners. Mr. Henry L. Alden for respondents.

No. 699. HYGIENIC CHEMICAL COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. RUMFORD CHEMICAL WORKS. May 4, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Willard Parker Butler for petitioner. Mr. Philip Mauro and Mr. C. A. L. Massie for respondent.

No. 714. GREEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, PETITIONER, v. Mary AMIS QUINLAN, EXECUTRIX, ETC.; and No. 715. GREEN COUNTY, KENTUCKY, PETITIONER, v. JOHN THOMAS' EXECUTOR ET AL. May 4, 1908. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the United

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States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit granted. Mr. Ernest Macpherson for petitioner. Mr. Edmund F. Trabue, Mr. George DuRelle and Mr. Attilla Cox, Jr., for respondent in No. 714, and Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey for respondents in No. 715.

No. 731. THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, V. JOHN W. DICKINSON. May 4, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for petitioner. Mr. Frank W. Hackett and Mr. Samuel L. Powerş for respondent.

No. 719. G. & C. MERRIAM COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. GEORGE W. OGILVIE. May 4, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. W.. B. Hale, Mr. Charles N. Judson and Mr. Frank F. Reed for petitioner. No appearance for respondent.

No. 726. GRACE GLEASON ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. The DelaWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. May 4, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. John W. Griggs for petitioners. Mr. John G. Johnson for respondent.

No. 732. LEMERT S. COOK, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. May 4, 1908. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. A. M. Imbrie for petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for respondent.

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CASES DISPOSED OF WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT FROM FEBRUARY 25 TO MAY 4, 1908.

No. 186. ADOLFO SIXTO, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. LAUREANO SARRIA. In error to the District Court of the United States for Porto Rico. March 2, 1908. Dismissed with costs on motion of counsel for plaintiff in error. Mr. N. B. K. Pettingill for plaintiff in error. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for defendant in error.

No. 619. GEORGE L. STEARNS, APPELLANT, V. LEO V. YOUNGWORTH, UNITED STATES MARSHAL, ETC. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of California. March 9, 1908. Final order reversed with costs and cause remanded with directions to discharge the petitioner, without prejudice to a renewal of the application to remove, on confession of error and motion of Mr. Solicitor General Hoyt for the appellee. Mr. Will D. Gould for appellant. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for appellee.

No. 145. JOSEPH J. SLOCUM ET AL., TRUSTEE, ETC., APPELLANTS, V. THE UNITED STATES. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. March 9, 1908. Dismissed on motion of Mr. A. B. Browne for the appellants. Mr. A. B. Browne and Mr. Alexander Britton for appellants. The Attorney General for appellee.

No. 172. JOHN C. WANDS ET AL. v. WABASH RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. On a certificate from the United States Circuit

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Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. March 9, 1908. Request of the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit for leave to withdraw certificate herein granted. Mr. Paul Bakewell for Wands et al. Mr. Charles C. Linthicum and Mr. Otto R. Barnett for Wabash Railroad Company et al.

No. 276. ANDERSON GRAY, APPELLANT, v. THE EQUITABLE MORTGAGE COMPANY OF KANSAS CITY, MO., ET AL. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. March 13, 1908. Dismissed with costs on motion of counsel for the appellant. Mr. Thomas F. Doran for appellant. No appearance for appellees.

No. 200. L. LECHENGER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. MERCHANTS' NATIONAL BANK OF HOUSTON ET AL. In error to the Court of Civil Appeals of the First Supreme Judicial District of the State of Texas. March 19, 1908. Dismissed with costs per stipulation. Mr. Edgar Watkins, Mr. Frank C. Jones and Mr. James A. Baker for plaintiffs in error. Mr. A. L. Jackson, Mr. Jno. W. Parker and Mr. Hannis Taylor for defendants in error.

No. 17. EDGAR JADWIN ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, V. THE STATE OF TEXAS. In error to the Court of Civil Appeals of the First Supreme Judicial District of the State of Texas. April 13, 1908. Dismissed with costs on motion of Mr. Solieitor General Hoyt for the plaintiffs in error. The Attorney General for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Robert Vance Davidson for defendant in error.

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No. 239. THE PACIFIC EXPRESS COMPANY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. M. W. NEEDHAM. In error to the Court of Civil Appeals of the Third Supreme Judicial District of the State of Texas. April 15, 1908. Dismissed with costs on motion of counsel for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. J. M. McCormick for plaintiffs in error. No appearance for defendant in error.

No. 291. GEORGE H. PENROSE, APPELLANT, v. THE UNITED STATES. Appeal from the Court of Claims. April 20, 1908. Dismissed on motion of Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for appellant. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. Henry C. Willcox for appellant. The Attorney General for appellee.

No. 226. J. N. SEALE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. THE STATE OF GEORGIA. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Georgia. April 24, 1908. Upon suggestion of death of plaintiff in error by Mr. W. A. Henderson of counsel for plaintiff in error, case abated and writ of error dismissed. Mr. William A. Henderson and Mr. John J. Strickland for plaintiff in error. Mr. John C. Hart for defendant in error.

No. 287. MORRIS ROSENFIELD ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, V. THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY, by T. C. Albritton, revenue agent. In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. April 27, 1908. Dismissed with costs per stipulation. Mr. John Marshall for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Jno. W. Ray and Mr. James Breathitt for defendant in error.