GERMAN INSURANCE COMPANY OF FREEPORT, ILLINOIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF BOONVILLE, NEW YORK. [No. 159.] In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. Mr. A. P. Jetmore for plaintiff in error. Messrs. W. H. Rossington and Charles Blood Smith for defendant in error. ity of Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler County, 166 . S. 648 [41: 1149]; Louisville & N. R. Co. V: Louisville, 166 U. S. 709 [41: 1173], March 6, 1899. Dismissed, on the author and CLARENCE H. VENNER, Petitioner, v. FARM- Mr. Alfred Russell for petitioner. Mr. ADRIAN WATERWORKS COMPANY, Petitioner, v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST COMPANY. [No. 685.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. Andrew Howell for petitioner. Mr. Frederick B. Van Vorst for respondent. February 27, 1899. Denied. MILBURN GIN & MACHINE COMPANY et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. GERMAN BANK [No. 342.] In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Tennessee. Mr. William M. Randolph for plaintiffs in error. error. Mr. C. W. Metcalf for defendant in February 27, 1899. Dismissed, on the authority of Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361 [37: 1111]; Missouri P. R. Co. v. Fitzgerald, 160 U. S. 556 [40: 536]; Egan v. Hart, 165 U. S. 188 [41: 680], and other cases. NORTHERN PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY, In Error to the United States Circuit February 27, 1899. Judgment affirmed, with costs, and cause remanded to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Montana. UNITED STATES, ex rel. JOHN H. ADRIAANO, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the WILLIAM T. GILBERT, Receiver, etc., Appel- Messrs. Thomas M. Fields and Henry D. Hotchkiss for appellant. Messrs. A. A. Lipscomb, Samuel F. Phillips, Frederic D. McKenney, James E. Padgett, and Edwin Forrest for appellees. March 6. 1899. Dismissed, on the authority of Lodge v. Twell, 135 U. S. 232 [34: 153]; McGourkey v. Toledo & O. C. R. Co. 146 U. S. 536 [36: 1079], and cases cited. other cases. KEOKUK & HAMILTON BRIDGE COMPANY, In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Mr. F. T. Hughes for plaintiff in error. Mr. E. C. Akin for defendant in error. thority of Ross v. King, 172 U, S. 641 [ante, PLATT ROGERS, as Mayor, etc., et al., Plain- March 13, 1899. Dismissed, on the authority of Clark v. Kansas City, 172 U. S. 334 [ante, 467]; Kinnear v. Bausman, 172 U. S. 644 [ante, 1182], and cases cited. STATE BANK OF AMBIA, Petitioner, v. CHICAGO TITLE & TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee, et al. [No. 719.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. Messrs. Otto Gresham and Daniel Fraser for petitioner. Messrs. Samuel O. Pickens and Smiley N. Chambers for respondents. March 13, 1899. Denied. F. E. JORDAN et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. In Error to the Supreme Court of the ror. Mr. John B. Clayberg for plaintiffs in erNo counsel for defendants in error. March 16, 1899. Dismissed, with costs, on the authority of counsel for plaintiff in er ror. F. E. JORDAN et al. Plaintiffs in Error, v. Mr. John B. Clayberg for plaintiffs in error. No counsel for defendant in error. March 16, 1899. Dismissed, with costs, on the authority of counsel for plaintiffs in error. WILLIAM V. MARMION, Appellant, v. JOHN | MEXICAN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, Pe titioner, v. A. M. MARSHALL. [No. 730.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Messrs. A. T. Britton and A. B. Browne for petitioner. No counsel for respondent. April 11, 1899. Denied. MCCLELLAN, Executor, etc. [No. 245.] Appeal from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Messrs. George E. Hamilton and M. J. Colbert for appellant. Mr. William G. Johnson for appellee. March 17, 1899. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. M. J. Colbert for appellant. CONSOLIDATED WATER COMPANY et al., Ap- Messrs Horace 8. Oakley, C. K. Davis, Frank B. Kellogg, and C. A. Severance for appellants. Messrs. H. E. Doolittle, William J. Hunsaker, A. T. Britton, and A. B. Browne for appellees. March 20, 1899. Dismissed, on the authority of Maynard v. Hecht, 151 U. S. 324 [38: 179]; Van Wagenen v. Sewall, 160 U. S369 [40: 460]; Davis v. Geissler, 162 U. S. 290 [40: 972]; Cornell v. Green, 163 U. S. 75 [41: 76], and cases cited. UNITED STATES et al., Appellants, v. MOSES UNITED STATES et al., Appellants, v. FLEM- Appeals from the Court of Claims. April 11, 1899. Dismissed, on motion of Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for appellants. S. F. CHAPMAN, Petitioner, v. YELLOW POP- Messrs. J. F. Bullitt and R. A. Ayers for petitioner. Mr. John N. Baldwin for respondent. April 17, 1899. Denied. MARVIN F. SCAIFE, Petitioner, v. WESTERN NORTH CAROLINA LAND COMPANY et al. [No. 748.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Mr. A. C. Avery for petitioner. No counsel for respondents. April 17, 1899. Denied. ANTON GLAW, Petitioner, v. PENNSYLVANIA | SIOUX CITY, O'NEILL, & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. MANHAT- Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Messrs. Charles Dick and Frederick O. Bryan for petitioner. Mr. William B. Sanders for respondent. Messrs. John C. Coombs and Henry J. Taylor for petitioners. Messrs. John L. Webster and G. W. Wickersham for respondents. May 1, 1899. Denied. April 17, 1899. Denied. OVERWEIGHT COUNTERBALANCE ELEVATOR INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH AMERICA, Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Messrs. Frederic D. McKenney and W. H. H. Hart for petitioner. Mr. M. A. Wheaton for respondent. May 15, 1899. Denied. Mr. Lawrence Kneeland for petitioner. Supreme Court of the United States. APPENDIX I. GENERAL ORDERS IN BANKRUPTCY. 1. DOCKET. OCTOBER TERM, 1898. In pursuance of the powers conferrea by the Constitution and laws upon the Supreme Court of the United States, and particularly by the act of Congress approved July 1, 1898, entitled "An Act to Establish a Uniform System of Bankruptcy throughout the United States," it is ordered, on this 28th day of November, 1898, that the following rules be adopted and established as general orders in bankruptcy, to take effect on the first Monday, being the 2d day of January, 1899. And it is further ordered that all proceedings in bankruptcy had before that day, in accordance with the act last aforesaid, and being in substantial conformity either with the provisions of these general orders, or else with the general orders established by this court under the bankrupt act of 1867 and with any general rules or special orders of the courts in bankruptcy, stand good; subject, however, to such further regulation by rule or order of those courts as may be necessary or proper to carry into force and effect the bankrupt act of 1898 and the general orders of this court. 2. FILING OF PAPERS. The clerk shall keep a docket, in which the cases shall be entered and numbered in the order in which they are commenced. It shall contain a memorandum of the filing of the petition and of the action of the court thereon, of the reference of the case to the referee, and of the transmission by him to the clerk of his certified record of the proceedings, with the dates thereof, and a memorandum of all proceedings in the case except those duly entered on the referee's certified record aforesaid. The docket shall be arranged in a manner convenient for reference, and shall at all times be open to public inspection. The clerk or the referee shall indorse on each paper filed with him the day and hour of filing, and a brief statement of its char acter. 3. PROCESS. issue out of the court, under the seal thereAll process, summons, and subpoenas shall of, and be tested by the clerk; and blanks, the court, may, upon application, be furwith the signature of the clerk and seal of nished to the referees. 4. CONDUCT OF PROCEEDINGS. Proceedings in bankruptcy may be conducted by the bankrupt in person in his own behalf, or by a petitioning or opposing creditor; but a creditor will only be allowed to manage before the court his individual interest. Every party may appear and conduct the proceedings by attorney, who shall be an attorney or counselor authorized to practise in the circuit or district court. The name of the attorney or counselor, with his place of business, shall be entered upon the docket with the date of the entry. All papers or proceedings offered by an attorney to be filed shall be indorsed as above required, and orders granted on motion shall contain the motion. Notices and orders which are the name of the party or attorney making not, by the act or by these general orders, required to be served on the party personally may be served upon his attorney. 5. All petitions and the schedules filed therewith shall be printed or written out plainly, without abbreviation or interlineation, except where such abbreviation and interlineation may be for the purpose of reference. 6. PETITIONS IN DIFFERENT DISTRICTS. In case two or more petitions shall be filed against the same individual in different districts, the first hearing shall be had in the district in which the debtor has his dom |
