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Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Superior Court of the State of Massachusetts denied. Mr. Bernard J. Killian, Mr. Charles Toye, and Mr. Joseph F. O'Connell for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondent.

No. 905. W. A. GAINES & COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. HELLMAN DISTILLING COMPANY, ETC. April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. James Love Hopkins, Mr. Edmund F. Trabue and Mr. D. W. Lindsay for the petitioner. Mr. W. T. Ellis and Mr. Luther Ely Smith for the respondent.

No. 916. W. G. SIMPSON ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. THE UNITED STATES. April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. William H. Atwell for the petitioners. No brief for the respondent.

No. 921. CHARLES T. TUCKER, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Charles T. Tucker, pro se, Mr. Nathaniel H. Maxwell and Mr. Francis B. James for the petitioner. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the respondent.

No. 933. JOHN K. ROSE, ETC., ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. PETER MCCLELLAND, JR. April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of

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Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. J. J. Darlington, Mr. Richard I. Munroe and Mr. Marshall Surratt for the petitioners. Mr. Francis Marion Etheridge and Mr. Joseph Manson McCormick for the respondent.

No. 944. ANN S. HOPKINS, PETITIONER, v. LAWRENCE HULL, TRUSTEE, ETC. April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. J. Grattan Macmahon for the petitioner. Miss Winifred Sullivan for the respondent.

No. 946. ALEXANDER NISBET, AS COMMISSIONER, ETC., PETITIONER, V. THE FEDERAL TITLE & TRUST COMPANY. April 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Elijah N. Zoline and Mr. John T. Bottom for the petitioner. Mr. Ernest Morris and Mr. William W. Grant, Jr., for the respondent.

No. 954. THE UNITED STATES, AS TRUSTEE, ETC., PETITIONER, v. HIRAM CHASE. April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the petitioner. Mr. Hiram Chase and Mr. William R. King for the respondent.

No. 923. R. L. MOULDEN, TRUSTEE, ETC., PETITIONER, v. PARLIN & ORENDORFF IMPLEMENT COMPANY ET AL.

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April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Jesse P. Yates for the petitioners. Mr. Francis Marion Etheridge, and Mr. Joseph Manson McCormick for the respondents.

No. 948. MASON & HANGER COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. MICHAEL SHARON. April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Herman S. Hertwig for the petitioner. Mr. Sydney A. Syme for the respondent.

No. 956. STEARNS COAL & LUMBER COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. JOHN S. VAN WINKLE ET AL. April 24, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. James N. Sharp for the petitioner. Mr. James Garnett for the respondents.

No. 938. HARRY OLIVER, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. May 1, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. George A. Knight and Mr. Charles J. Heggerty for the petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the respondent.

No. 949. JOHN P. BROGAN, PETITIONER, V. THE NATIONAL SURETY COMPANY. May 1, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of

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Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. John A. Cline for the petitioner. Mr. Thomas H. Hogsett for the respondent.

No. 856. GEORGE W. BOWEN, ETC., PETITIONER, v. DICKS PRESS GUARD MANUFACTURING COMPANY ET AL. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles F. Fawsett for the petitioner. Respondents for themselves.

No. 955. THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF BALTIMORE, PETITIONER, v. THE UNITED RAILWAYS & ELECTRIC COMPANY OF BALTIMORE. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland denied. Mr. S. S. Field for the petitioner. Mr. Sylvan Hayes Lauchheimer for the respondent.

No. 958. WILLIAM W. DOWNEY, RECEIVER, ETC., PETITIONER, V. HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Malcolm Jackson and Mr. John O. Henson for the petitioner. Mr. W. Calvin Chesnut and Mr. John W. Davis for the respondent.

No. 967. GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. BETTENDORF AXLE COMPANY. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the

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United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Alfred W. Kiddle for the petitioners. Mr. James R. Sheffield for the respondent.

No. 970. THE BRONX NATIONAL BANK, PETITIONER, v. MARCUS ROSENTHAL, TRUSTEE, ETC. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Charles D. Folsom and Mr. John Hall Jones for the petitioner. Mr. Eugene L. Bondy for the respondent.

No. 972. J. A. FELLERS, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., PETITIONER, v. CHICAGO, LAKE SHORE & SOUTH BEND RAILWAY COMPANY. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John N. Hughes for the petitioner. Mr. S. H. Tolles for the respondent.

No. 976. BATES COUNTY, IN THE STATE OF MISSOURI, ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. PERCY A. HIPPLE ET AL., ETC. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. John T. Barker for the petitioner. Mr. William M. Williams for the respondents.

No. 980. VIRGINIA RAILWAY & POWER COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. CHARLES HALL DAVIS. May 8, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied.