TABLE OF STATUTES CITED IN OPINIONS. PAGE 1778, July 9, 1 Stat. 4 (Arti- 1789, Aug. 7, c. 9, 1 Stat. 53, 1789, Sept. 24, c. 20, 1 Stat. 1864, June 3, c. 106, 13 Stat. 1866, July 27, c. 278, 14 Stat. 1875, Mar. 3, c. 131, 18 Stat. 1875, Mar. 3, c. 152, 18 Stat. 356 1876, July 31, c. 246, 19 Stat. 1884, June 26, c. 121, 23 Stat. 53, § 18.. ...218, 255 1885, Feb. 25, c. 149, 23 Stat. 1887, Feb. 4, c. 104, 24 Stat. 1890, July 2, c. 647, 26 Stat. 1890, Aug. 30, c. 839, 26 Stat. 157 1891, Mar. 3, c. 561, 26 Stat. 1893, Mar. 2, c. 196, 27 Stat. 1894, July 30, c. 172, 28 Stat. 1895, Feb. 26, c. 131, 28 Stat. 1896, June 10, c. 398, 29 Stat. 1897, June 4, c. 2, 30 Stat. 34 356 1897, June 7, c. 3, 30 Stat. 84 116 1898, June 28, c. 517, 30 Stat. 1898, Dec. 21, c. 28, 30 Stat. 95 94 ... 357 126 § 28. 117 1901, June 25, Proclamation, 32 Stat. pt. 2, 1971... 118 1902, June 30, c. 1323, 32 Stat. 500, $ 16. 584 (xxxi) $ 3. 415.. 1902, July 1, c. 1369, 32 Stat. 691, $ 5. ..445, 451 1903, Mar. 2, c. 976, 32 Stat. 943 (See Safety Appliance Acts) 1904, Apr. 21, c. 1402, 33 Stat. 189. 583 1905, Feb. 24, c. 778, 33 Stat. 811. 378 1905, May 6, Proclamation, 34 Stat. pt. 3, 3001.... 176 1906, June 11, c. 3073, 34 Stat. 232 (First Employers' Liability Act)....160, 212 1906, June 29, c. 3591, 34 Stat. 584 (See Inter state Commerce Acts) $2. 336 87. 281 1906, June 30, c. 3915, 34 Stat. 768 (Food & Drugs Act).. 156 1906, Nov. 6, Proclamation, 34 Stat. pt. 3, 3256.. 353 1907, Feb. 20, c. 1134, 34 Stat. 898. 607 1907, Mar. 4, c. 2939, 34 Stat. 1415 (See Hours of Service Act) 1908, Apr. 22, c. 149, 35 Stat. 65 (See Employers' Liabil ity Act) 1908, May 30, c. 236, 35 Stat. 556.. 166 1909, Mar. 4, c. 299, 35 Stat. 987. 143 1909, Aug. 5, c. 6, 36 Stat. 11, 8 38.. 585 1910, Apr. 5, c. 143, 36 Stat. 291 (See Employers' Lia bility Act) 1910, Apr. 14, c. 160, 36 Stat. 298 (See Safety Appliance Acts) 1910, June 18, c. 309, 36 Stat. 539 (See Interstate Commerce Acts) $ 1..... 85 1910, June 25, c. 406, 36 Stat. 834.. 493 1910, June 25, Joint Resolu tion, 36 Stat. 884.. 158 1911, Feb. 3, c. 35, 36 Stat. 896. 191 1911, Mar. 3, c. 231, 36 Stat 1087 (See Judicial Code) 1912, Aug. 23, c. 351, 37 Stat. 602 1912, Aug. 24, c. 390, 37 Stat. 560 (See Interstate Commerce Acts) 1913, Mar. 4, c. 141, 37 Stat. 736.. 607 1913, Oct. 22, c. 32, 38 Stat. 219 (See Interstate Commerce Acts).. ...87, 628 1913, Dec. 23, c. 6, 38 Stat. 251, § 11 (k) (Federal Re 421 1914, Aug. 1, c. 223, 38 Stat. 681. 608 1914, Oct. 15, c. 323, 38 Stat. 730 (Clayton Act) 471, 475 $ 6.. 483 $ 16. .471, 475 820. 484 1915, Mar. 4, c. 176, 38 Stat. 1196 (See Interstate Commerce Acts) 385 1916, Sept. 6, c. 448, 39 Stat. .253, 646 83... 649 Constitution. See Index at end of volume. Revised Statutes. 8 483. 3 563 (8) 225 $ 709. 253 § 723. 519 914. 58 1765. 145 2207. 141 8 2208. 142 2217. 142 2218. 135 2219. 142 2220. 135 2221. 135 § 2222. 142 2333. 489 2395. 495 3737. 381 4235. § 4283-4285. 218, 255 § 4893.. 11 § 4904. 5 4910. 11 726. 246 Revised Statutes (cont.) § 4918... §§ 5133 et seq.. § 5199. 5200. 5204. 5211. § 5219. Employers' Liability Act..66, 148, 154, 171, 183, 201, 212, 244, 323, 361, 572, 637 Alabama. 1. $3. §4. Hours of Service Act. § 2. §3. Interstate Commerce Acts 33, 59, 85, 86, 87, 104, PAGE 4 73 .78, 430 74 881, 2. $3... § 6. Illinois. 1915, Acts, p. 393, § 9.. 516 Rev. Stats. 1913, Tit. 9, c. XI. . §§ 2278 (d), (w), (x), (z)... 150 151 151 337 337 338 Constitution, Art. IV, Art. XIV, §§ 1, 16.. 45 (B.) STATUTES OF THE STATES AND TERRITORIES. Iowa. 367 46 43 43 44 43 43 Arkansas. 1907, Act Feb. 9....... 107 Georgia. Civil Code, 1910, §§ 2675-2677. 311 Hurd's Stats. 1898, 516 p. 1365, e. 1909, p. 1882, § 312.. 516 1912, p. 1963, § 312.. 516 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES AT OCTOBER TERM, 1916. EWING, COMMISSIONER OF PATENTS, v. UNITED STATES EX REL. FOWLER CAR COMPANY. CERTIORARI TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. No. 721. Argued April 17, 1917.-Decided May 7, 1917. When an applicant for a patent admits that the invention shown in his. application was made at a date subsequent to the date upon which another application for the same invention was filed, and by amendment of his application adopts the prior applicant's claims, he thereby concedes the priority of the other's invention, its utility and the sufficiency of the claims. In such a case the Commissioner of Patents can not be required by mandamus to declare an interference. Under Rev. Stats., $ 4904, the duty of the Commissioner to declare an interference arises only when, in the exercise of his judgment upon the facts presented, he is of opinion that a senior application will be interfered with by a junior one; the mere fact that the junior application covers the same ground or that the junior applicant asserts an interference is not enough to require the Commissioner to act. The judicial remedy for determining priority of invention is by suit in equity between the parties, not by mandamus against the Commissioner in an attempt to control the administrative discretion con ferred upon him by Rev. Stats., § 4904. 45 App. D. C. 185, reversed. |