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Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler County, 166 U. S. 648; Mallers v. Commercial Loan & Trust Co., 216 U. S. 613; Appleby v. Buffalo, 221 U. S. 524; Cleveland & Pittsburgh R. R. v. Cleveland, 235 U. S. 50. Mr. Burton E. Eames for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Frank S. Streeter and Mr. Edmund K. Arnold for the defendants in error.

No. 455. GARDINER INVESTMENT COMPANY ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. THE JACKSON COMPANY ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit. Argued October 22 and 25, 1915. Decided November 1, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Bagley v. General Fire Extinguisher Co., 212 U. S. 477; Weir v. Rountree, 216 U. S. 607; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R., 237 U. S. 575. Mr. Burton E. Eames for the appellants. Mr. Frank S. Streeter and Mr. Edmund K. Arnold for the appellees.

No. 354. M. J. BRAY, TRUSTEE, ETC., ET AL., APPELLANTS, V. THE UNITED STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 25, 1915. Decided November 8, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Chapman v. Bowen, 207 U. S. 89, 91; J. W. Calnan Co. v. Doherty, 224 U. S. 145; Synnott v. Tombstone Consol. Mines Co., 234 U. S. 749. See U. S. Fidelity Co. v. Bray, 225 U. S. 205. Mr. Philip W. Frey for the appellants. Mr. B. M. Ambler for the appellee.

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No. 397. LAURA EICHEL ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. United STATES FIDELITY & GUARANTY COMPANY. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 25, 1915. Decided November 8, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of United States v. Krall, 174 U. S. 385; German National Bank v. Speckert, 181 U. S. 405; United States v. Beatty, 232 U. S. 463. Mr. William M. Hall for the appellants. Mr. B. M. Ambler for the appellee.

No. 57. DAVID C. ANDREWS ET AL., COPARTNERS, ETC., APPELLANTS, v. HARRY V. OSBORN, TRUSTEE, ETC. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued November 5, 1915. Decided November 8, 1915. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of First National Bank v. Littlefield, 226 U. S. 110, 112; Texas & Pacific Ry. v. Louisiana R. R. Commission, 232 U. S. 338; Greey v. Dockendorff, 231 U. S. 513. Mr. Sigmund Solomon and Mr. David C. Myers for the appellants. Mr. Nathan Bilder for the appellee.

No. 43. FRANK ZODROW, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF WISCONSIN. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Wisconsin. Argued and submitted November 2, 1915. Decided November 8, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Parker v. McLain, 237 U. S. 469, 471–472. Mr. David S. Rose and Mr. Louis M. Ogden for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Walter C. Owen and Mr. J. E. Messerschmidt for the defendant in error.

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No. 45. JOE MAROUN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF LOUISIANA. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. Submitted November 4, 1915. Decided November 8, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Phænix Ry. Co. v. Landis, 231 U. S. 578, 582; John v. Paullin, 231 U. S. 583; (2) Hallinger v. Davis, 146 U. S. 314; Maxwell v. Dow, 176 U. S. 581; Jordan v. Massachusetts, 225 U. S. 167, 176; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309, 340. Mr. A. L. Alexander and Mr. Taliaferro Alexander for the plaintiff in error. Mr. R. G. Pleasant for the defendant in error.

No.. Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF CLOYD H. DUNCAN, PETITIONER. Submitted November 9, 1915. Decided November 15, 1915. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Cloyd H. Duncan pro se.

No. 60. W. N. SHEWALTER, ADMINISTRATOR OF ROBERT SHEWALTER, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CAROLINA, CLINCHFIELD & OHIO RAILWAY. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. Argued November 8, 1915. Decided November 15, 1915. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed, with costs, upon the authority of (1) Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland, 227 U. S. 59; American Railroad of Porto Rico v. Didricksen, 227 U. S. 145; Gulf, Colorado &c. Ry. v. McGinnis, 228 U. S. 173; Garrett v. Louisville & Nashville R. R., 235 U. S. 308; St. Louis & Iron Mountain Ry. v. Craft, 237 U. S. 648; Kansas City Southern Ry. v. Leslie, 238 U. S. 599; (2) Barron v. Baltimore, 7 Peters, 243; Jack v. Kansas, 199 U. S. 372, 379-380; Brown v. New Jersey, 175 U. S. 172; Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78, 93. Mr. Robert

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Burrow and Mr. Isaac Harr for the plaintiff in error. Mr. J. Norment Powell and Mr. John W. Price for the defendant in error.

No. 139. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY v. W. F. JACOBY & COMPANY. On a certificate from and writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued October 20, 1915. Decided November 15, 1915. Judgment affirmed, with costs, by a divided court and cause remanded to the District Court of the United States for the District of Pennsylvania. Mr. Francis I. Gowen, Mr. John G. Johnson and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for The Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Mr. William A. Glasgow, Jr., for Jacoby & Company.

Note: December 20, 1915. Petition for rehearing granted, judgment of November 15 vacated and set aside, and case restored to the docket for re-argument.

No. 62. YORK & WHITNEY COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. THE NEW YORK, NEW HAVEN & HARTFORD RAILROAD COMPANY. In error to the Superior Court of the State of Massachusetts. Argued November 8, 1915. Decided November 29, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Leathe v. Thomas, 207 U. S. 93; Yazoo & Miss. Valley R. R. v. Brewer, 231 U. S. 245, 249; The Mellon Company v. McCafferty, this day decided, ante, p. 134; (2) Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk &c. Ry., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Easterling Lumber Co. v. Pierce, 235 U. S. 380; see Louisville & Nashville R. R. v. Maxwell, 237 U. S. 94, 97-98, and cases cited. Mr. Amos L. Taylor for the plaintiff in error. Mr. John L. Hall for the defendant in error.

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No. 689. GEORGE M. DIENER ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. I. M. LANE ET AL. In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted November 29, 1915. Decided December 6, 1915. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; Easterling Lumber Co. v. Pierce, 235 U. S. 380; (2) Lancaster v. Thacker, 239 U. S., ante, p. 625; Wallbrecht v. Ingram, 239 U. S., ante, p. 625; (3) Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas (No. 2), 212 U. S. 112, 118; Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102; Overton v. Oklahoma, 235 U. S. 31. Mr. J. M. Collins and Mr. J. H. Hazelrigg for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. E. L. Worthington for the defendants in error.

No. 113. HALIFAX TONOPAH MINING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOHN W. LAWSON. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Nevada. Argued December 7, 1915. Decided December 13, 1915. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. v. McGuire, 219 U. S. 549; Philadelphia, Baltimore & Washington R. R. v. Schubert, 224 U. S. 603. Mr. Henry M. Hoyt, 2d, and Mr. George A. Bartlett for the plaintiff in error. Mr. E. C. Brandenburg, Mr. Clarence A. Brandenburg and Mr. F. Walter Brandenburg for the defendant in error.

No. 115. WASHINGTON DREDGING & IMPROVEMENT COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE KINNEAR AND ANGIE KINNEAR, HIS WIFE; JOHN R. KINNEAR AND LETA KINNEAR, HIS WIFE, ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. Submitted Decem

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