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Mr. Luther Ely Smith and Mr. William T. Ellis for the petitioners. Mr. Daniel W. Lindsey, Mr. James L. Hopkins and Mr. Edmund F. Trabue for the respondent.

No. 735. ST. LOUIS UNION TRUST COMPANY, PETITIONER, V. MARY E. MELLON ET AL. December 20, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. W. F. Wilson for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondents.

No. 744. DAN A. WARD ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. THOMAS W. MORGAN, WARDEN, ETC. December 20, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Edwin A. Krauthoff for the petitioners. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren for the respondent.

No. 751. THE NATIONAL BANK OF COMMERCE IN ST. LOUIS, PETITIONER, v. EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK. December 20, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. George L. Edwards for the petitioner. Mr. Charles C. Howland, Mr. F. N. Judson and Mr. John F. Green for the respondent.

No. 752. WESTERN GLASS COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. THE SCHMERTZ WIRE GLASS COMPANY ET AL. December 20, 1915. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Albert H. Graves and Mr. Louis

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Quarles for the petitioner. Mr. Drury W. Cooper, Mr. Thomas B. Kerr and Mr. Arthur J. Baldwin for the respondents.

No. 767. ABERCROMBIE & FITCH COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. FREDERICK E. BALDWIN ET AL. January 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. James R. Offield and Mr. Charles K. Offield for the petitioners. No appearance for the respondents.

No. 749. CHOY GUM, ETC., PETITIONER, v. SAMUEL W. BACKUS, COMMISSIONER, ETC. January 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Corry M. Stadden for the petitioner. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for the respondent.

No. 755. JOHN M. BURROUGHS ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. FLORENCE L. CHAMBERS. January 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. B. F. Leighton and Mr. Wharton E. Lester for the petitioners. Mr. George E. Sullivan and Mr. Walter C. English for the respondent.

No. 765. SANGAMON LOAN & TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, ETC., PETITIONER, v. UNITED SHOE MACHINERY COMPANY. January 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. Henry Lyman Child and Mr. Otis

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Scott Humphrey for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondent.

No. 770. SAN ANTONIO & ARANSAS PASS RAILWAY COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. STREETS WESTERN STABLE CAR COMPANY. January 10, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. George Thompson and Mr. J. H. Barwise, Jr., for the petitioner. Mr. Levy Mayer and Mr. Carl Meyer for the respondent.

No. 792. WELLS, FARGO & COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. THE MAYOR AND ALDERMEN OF JERSEY CITY. January 17, 1916. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Charles W. Stockton for the petitioner. Mr. John Bentley for the respondents.

CASES DISPOSED OF WITHOUT CONSIDERATION BY THE COURT FROM OCTOBER 11, 1915, TO JANUARY 17, 1916.

No. 2. THOMAS W. MCCOMB, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Pennsylvania. October 12, 1915. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. John G. Johnson for the plaintiff in error. Mr. William M. Hargest and Mr. Lyman D. Gilbert for the defendant in error.

No. 151. UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. BARBORA ZITNIK, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC.

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In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Nebraska. October 12, 1915. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. N. H. Loomis for the plaintiff in error. Mr. C. J. Smyth and Mr. Edward P. Smith for the defendant in error.

No. 195. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ARTHUR SLAUGHTER. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota. October 12, 1915. Dismissed per stipulation. Mr. Pierce Butler, Mr. Blewett Lee and Mr. W. S. Horton for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Samuel A. Anderson for the defendant in error.

No. 202. RAILWAY TRANSFER COMPANY OF THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH LA MERE. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota. October 12, 1915. Dismissed per stipulation. Mr. William H. Bremner and Mr. F. M. Miner for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Samuel A. Anderson for the defendant in error.

No. 255. SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. A. B. BRAMLETT. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina. October 12, 1915. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. L. E. Jeffries for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.

No. 256. THE MCALESTER EDWARDS COAL COMPANY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. M. E. TRAPP, STATE AUDITOR, ETC. In error to the Supreme Court of the State

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of Oklahoma. October 12, 1915. Judgment reversed at the costs of the plaintiffs in error, and cause remanded for further proceedings per stipulation of counsel. Mr. Charles B. Stuart and Mr. James H. Gordon for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Robert E. Wood for the defendants in

error.

No. 305. W. S. ALLEN, SECRETARY OF STATE, ET AL., APPELLANTS, u. WILLIAM R. COMPTON COMPANY ET AL. October 12, 1915. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the appellants. Mr. George Cosson for the appellants. No appearance for the appellees.

No. 378. QUINCY, OMAHA & KANSAS CITY RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. SHELBY P. NOEL. In error to the Kansas City Court of Appeals, State of Missouri. October 12, 1915. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Willard P. Hall for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.

No. 548. THE DELAWARE, LACKAWANNA & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. MATT YURKONIS. On petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. October 12, 1915. Dismissed on motion of counsel for the petitioner. Mr. William S. Jenney for the petitioner. No appearance for the respondent.

No. 588. JOHN DEERE PLOW COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. LEON D. MOWRY, TRUSTEE, ETC. On petition for a writ