227 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 926. J. B. CLEMENTS ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. GEORGE P. NORTHROP ET AL., EXECUTORS. January 27, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Alexander Akerman for the petitioners. Mr. Arthur H. Codington for the respondents. No. 927. M. P. HALL ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. W. A. HUFF ET AL. January 27, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Alexander Akerman for the petitioners. Mr. Dupont Guerry and Mr. Thos. S. Felder for the respondents. No. 905. FIREBALL GAS TANK & ILLUMINATING COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. COMMERCIAL ACETYLENE COMPANY ET AL.. February 3, 1913. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. Hugh K. Wagner for the petitioners. No appearance for respondents. No. 935. A. D. HOWE MACHINE COMPANY, PETITIONER, COFFIELD MOTOR WASHER COMPANY. February 3, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Conrad H. Syme for the petitioner. Mr. R. J. McCarty for the respondent. No. 902. JOSEPH F. GUFFEY ET AL., PETITIONERS, ". JAMES A. SMITH ET AL.; and Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 227 U.S. No. 903. JOSEPH F. GUFFEY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. SUSANNAH SMITH ET AL. February 24, 1913. Petitions for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit granted. Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, Mr. J. H. Beal, Mr. Lery Mayer and Mr. J. W. Moses for the petitioners. Mr. Jay A. Hindman, Mr. John W. Kern and Mr. Abram Simmons for the respondent. No. 947. MALLEABLE IRON RANGE COMPANY, PETITIQNER, . ARTHUR K. BECKWITH. February 24, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Thos. A. Banning and Mr Arthur L. Morsell for the petitioner. Mr. Fred L. Chappell for the respondent. No. 957. Fred D. MAY ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. THE UNITED STATES. February 24, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. P. H. Cullen, Mr. Thos. T Fauntleroy and Mr. Shepard Barclay for the petitioners. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Harr for the respondent. No. 942. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. THE UNITED STATES. March 3, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Cecil H. Smith for the petitioners. The Attorney General for the respondent. 227 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 956. MARY A. VELATI, PETITIONER, P. WILLIAM J. DANTE, TRUSTEE. March 3, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Wilton J. Lambert for the petitioner. Mr. Edwin C. Brandenburg, Mr. Clarence A. Brandenburg and Mr. F. Walter Brandenburg for the respondent. No. 961. JOSEPHINE P. MCGOWAN, EXECUTRIX, ETC., ET AL., PETITIONERS, . EMILY E. PARISH, EXECUTRIX, ETC. March 3, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. Nathaniel Wilson and Mr. J. J. Darlington for the petitioners. Mr. Holmes Conrad and Mr. Leigh Robinson for the respondent. No. 968. J. A. FOLGER, PETITIONER, 1. KATE C. PUTNAM, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC. March 3, 1913., Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Mr. Walter D. Mansfield for the petitioner. Mr. Edward M. Cleary for the respondent. PETITIONER, v. THE No. 977. ISAAC B. WALKER, UNITED STATES. March 3, 1913. certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Hannis Taylor, Mr. Francis M. Etheridge and Mr. Joseph M. McCormick for the petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for the respondent. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 227 U.S. No. 962. THERESA L. LANG ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. THE CHOCTAW, OLKAHOMA & GULF RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. March 10, 1913. Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Wm. M. Randolph and Mr. Wassell Randolph for the petitioners. Mr. Thos. S. Buzbee for the respondents. No. 988. MISSISSIPPI VALLEY FUEL COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. WATSON COAL COMPANY. March 10, 1913. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Thos. William White for the petitioners. Mr. John A. Blevins, Mr. Wm. M. Acton and Mr. J. W. Jamison for the respondent. No. 983. THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. F. W. WHITRIDGE, RECEIVER, ETC.; and No. 984. THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. A. H. JOLINE ET AL., RECEIVERS, ETC. March 10, 1913. Petition for writs of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Wm. C. Herron for the petitioner. Mr. Joseph H. Choate, Jr., Mr. Matthew C. Fleming and Mr. A. H. Masten for the respondents. 227 U.S. Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court. CASES DISPOSED OF WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT, FROM JANUARY 14, 1913, TO MARCH 10, 1913. No. 278. ROBERT H. MONTGOMERY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF MAURICE G. SAMUELS, APPELLANT, v. CHARLES A. READ, TRUSTEE, ETC. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. January 15, 1913. Dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. E. C. Brandenburg, in behalf of counsel for the appellant. Mr. Leon Lauterstein and Mr. Jackson H. Ralston for appellant. No appearance for the appellee. No. 130. AXEL GUSTAVESON ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, . THE STATE OF IOWA. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. January 16, 1913. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule. Mr. Benjamin I. Salinger for the plaintiffs in error. No appearance for the defendant in error. No. 225. COMMERCIAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, . THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, UPON THE INFORMATION OF GEORGE J. AMBROSE. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. January 20, 1913. Dismissed, without costs to either party, per stipulation of counsel. Mr. George A. Chritton for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Thomas F. Sheridan and Mr. George B. Gillespie for the defendant in error. No. 137. COMPANIA DE LOS FERROCARRILES DE PUERTO RICO, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, r. KARL ROHRER ET AL. |