245 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. DECISIONS PER CURIAM, FROM OCTOBER 1, 1917, TO MARCH 4, 1918, NOT INCLUDING ACTION ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI. No. 173. RICARDO ASCARATE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. STATE OF NEW MEXICO. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of New Mexico. Motion to dismiss submitted October 1, 1917. Decided October 8, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78; Ensign v. Pennsylvania, 227 U. S. 592, 597, 598; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309, 342. Mr. Edward C. Wade, Jr., for plaintiff in error. Mr. Frank W. Clancy for defendant in error. No. Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF JOHN E. READE, PETITIONER. Submitted October 1, 1917. Decided October 8, 1917. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of habeas corpus denied. Mr. O. T. Richey for petitioner. No. 3. TREMONT LUMBER COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MRS. NORA REAGAN. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. Submitted October 12, 1917. Decided October 15, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of (1) Knoxville Iron Co. v. Harbison, 183 U. S. 13; (2) Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. v. Cade, 233 U. S. 642; Missouri, Kansas & Texas Ry. Co. v. Harris, 234 U. S. 412. Mr. John C. Theus for plaintiff in error. Mr. S. D. Pearce and Mr. H. Garland Dupre for defendant in error. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U. S. No. 236. CITY OF CHELSEA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CITY OF BOSTON. In error to the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts. Motion to dismiss submitted October 8, 1917. Decided October 15, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; Easterling Lumber Co. v. Pierce, 235 U. S. 380; (2) Worcester v. Worcester Consolidated Street Ry., 196 U. S. 539; Kies v. Lowrey, 199 U. S. 233; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14. Mr. Wilton J. Lambert, Mr. Louis R. Kiernan and Mr. Samuel R. Cutler for plaintiff in error. Mr. John A. Sullivan and Mr. Joseph P. Lyons for defendant in error. No. 485. CLARA A. WHEELER ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CITY AND COUNTY OF DENVER ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 1, 1917. Decided October 15, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Hannis Distilling Co. v. Baltimore, 216 U. S. 285; Fay v. Crozer, 217 U. S. 455; Hendricks v. United States, 223 U. S. 178, 184. See City and County of Denver v. New York Trust Co., City and County of Denver v. Denver Union Water Co., 229 U. S. 123; Wheeler v. City and County of Denver, 229 U. S. 342, 352; (2) Robinson v. Caldwell, 165 U. S. 359; Loeb v. Columbia Township, 179 U. S. 472; Macfadden v. United States, 213 U. S. 288; Boise Water Co. v. Boise City, 230 U. S. 98. Mr. Clayton C. Dorsey, Mr. Edwin H. Park and Mr. Henry A. Lindsley for appellants. Mr. James A. Marsh and Mr. Norton Montgomery for appellees. No. 619. J. M. KELLOGG, EXECUTOR, ESTATE OF MRS. MARY H. MILES, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. 245 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. LETITIA KING, ADMINISTRATRIX, ESTATE OF CHARLES L. KING, DECEASED. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 8, 1917. Decided October 15, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Telluride Power & Transmission Co. v. Rio Grande Western Ry. Co., 175 U. S. 639; First National Bank v. Estherville, 215 U. S. 341; (2) Choteau v. Gibson, 111 U. S. 200; San Francisco v. Itsell, 133 U. S. 65; Wood v. Chesbrough, 228 U. S. 672. Mr. E. F. Noel for plaintiff in error. Mr. William H. Watkins for defendant in error. No. 28. CHICAGO, ROCK ISLAND & PACIFIC RAILWAY COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. STATE OF Kansas ex REL. S. M. BREWSTER, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ETC., ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. Submitted October 18, 1917. Decided November 5, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of St. Louis Southwestern Ry. Co. v. Arkansas, 235 U. S. 350. Mr. Paul E. Walker for plaintiff in error. Mr. James P. Coleman and Mr. F. P. Lindsay for defendants in error. No. 280. B. V. MOORE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. S. A. OLSNESS, COMMISSIONER OF INSURANCE OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA, ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 17, 1917. Decided November 5, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; (2) Butler v. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U.S. Pennsylvania, 10 How. 402, 415, 416; Newton v. Commissioners, 100 U. S. 548, 559; Taylor v. Beckham, 178 U. S. 548; Wilson v. North Carolina, 169 U. S. 586; (3) Railroad Company v. County of Otoe, 16 Wall. 667, 676; Kies v. Lowrey, 199 U. S. 233; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14; Heim v. McCall, 239 U. S. 175. Mr. Aubrey Lawrence for plaintiff in error. Mr. William Langer for defendants in error. No. 34. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FOR THE USE OF T. H. KESSLER & COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. TITLE GUARANTY & SURETY COMPANY. In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Argued November 8, 1917. Decided November 12, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Illinois Surety Co. v. Peeler, 240 U. S. 214, and cause remanded to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Texas. Mr. James A. Baker, Mr. Samuel B. Dabney and Mr. Claudian B. Northrop for plaintiff in error. Mr. Lewis R. Bryan for defendant in error, submitted. No. 35. E. O. ELLISON, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CITY OF LA MOURE ET AL.; and No. 36. DAVID LLOYD, PLAINTIF IN ERROR, v. CITY OF LA MOURE ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota. Argued November 8, 9, 1917. Decided November 12, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Kansas City Star v. Julian, 215 U. S. 589; McCorquodale v. Texas, 211 U. S. 432, 437; St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Shepherd, 240 U. S. 240, 241. Mr. S. E. Ellsworth for plaintiffs in error. No brief filed for defendants in error. 245 U. S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. No. 150. EUGENE W. MORAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, ". CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY OF NEW JERSEY. In error to the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey. Submitted November 5, 1917. Decided November 12, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Chicago, Burlington & Quincy R. R. Co. v. Harrington, 241 U. S. 177; Lehigh Valley R. R. Co. v. Barlow, 244 U. S. 183. Mr. Frank M. Hardenbrook for plaintiff in error. Mr. Charles E. Miller for defendant in error. No. 350. HELEN BELL, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF GEORGE BELL, DECEASED, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY. In error to the Court of Appeals of the State of Kentucky. Motion to dismiss or affirm or place on summary docket submitted November 5, 1917. Decided November 12, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U. S. 222; Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Padgett, 236 U. S. 668; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Whitacre, 242 U. S. 169. Mr. Alan D. Cole for plaintiff in error. Mr. E. L. Worthington, Mr. W. D. Cochran and Mr. LeWright Browning' for defendant in error. No. 366. WILLIAM A. TROGLER ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. UNITED STATES ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Argued November 5, 1917. Decided November 12, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Whitney v. Dick, 202 U. S. 132, 135; McClellan v. Carland, 217 U. S. 268, 278; (2) Smith v. Indiana, 191 U. S. 138, 148–150; McCandless v. Pratt, 211 U. S. 437, 440. Mr. Edwin H. Park for appellants. |