VOLUME 302 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1937 FROM OCTOBER 4, 1937, TO AND INCLUDING JANUARY 17, 1938 ERNEST KNAEBEL REPORTER UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1938 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office ERRATA. 187 U. S. 617, line 2 of headnote, "Kansas" should be "Arkansas." 298 U. S. 441, lines 11 and 12 from bottom, strike out "33 B. T. A. 634." 299 U. S. 567, No. 215, citation should be 14 F. Supp. 754. 301 U. S. 667, No. 807, line 10, "80" should be "89." II JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS 1 CHARLES EVANS HUGHES, CHIEF JUSTICE. RETIRED 3 WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE HOMER S. CUMMINGS, ATTORNEY GENERAL. CHARLES ELMORE CROPLEY, CLERK, FRANK KEY GREEN, MARSHAL. 1 For allotment of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the several circuits, see next page. 'MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO was absent from the bench, on account of illness, after December 10, 1937, and throughout the rest of the period covered by this volume. 'MR. HUGO L. BLACK, of Alabama, was nominated to be Associate Justice by President Roosevelt on August 12, 1937, and the nomination was confirmed by the Senate on August 17, 1937. He was commissioned August 18th, took the constitutional and judicial oaths August 19th, and took his seat October 4, 1937. 'MR. JUSTICE VAN DEVANTER retired June 2, 1937, as authorized by Act of March 1, 1937, c. 21, 50 Stat. 24. SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. ALLOTMENT OF JUSTICES It is ordered that the following allotment be made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, agreeably to the acts of Congress in such case made and provided, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz: For the First Circuit, Louis D. Brandeis, Associate Justice. For the Second Circuit, Harlan F. Stone, Associate Justice. For the Third Circuit, Owen J. Roberts, Associate Justice. For the Fourth Circuit, Charles Evans Hughes, Chief Justice. For the Fifth Circuit, Hugo L. Black, Associate Justice. For the Sixth Circuit, James C. McReynolds, Associate Justice. For the Seventh Circuit, Benjamin N. Cardozo, Associate Justice. For the Eighth Circuit, Pierce Butler, Associate Justice. For the Ninth Circuit, George Sutherland, Associate Justice. For the Tenth Circuit, Pierce Butler, Associate Justice. November 8, 1937. (For next previous allotment, March 28, 1932, see 301 U. S., p. IV.) IV Aerovox Corp. v. Micamold Radio Corp. Aetna Casualty & Surety Co. v. Hall. . Aetna Insurance Co. v. Illinois Central R. Co..... Aetna Life Ins. Co., Coburn v. 767 725 652 649, 739, 778 737, 779 American Flange & Mfg. Co., Byrne Mfg. Co. v.. 699, 775 Amey v. Colebrook Guaranty Savings Bank... 772 715 738 750 |