Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 215 U.S. to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Martin W. Littleton for petitioner. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. H. L. Stimson for respondent. No. 673. NELLIE F. KEIPER, ADMINISTRATRIX, ETC., PETITIONER, V. THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF THE UNITED STATES. December 6, 1909. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. J. Claude Bedford for petitioner. Mr. Thomas De Witt Cuyler for respondent. No. 682. MAX WEBER ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. THE GRAND LODGE OF KENTUCKY, FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS. December 6, 1909. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied. Mr. Louis J. Blum and Mr. Edgar C. Blum for petitioners. Mr. Charles H. Fisk and Mr. Alexander Pope Humphrey for respondents. No. 683. JACKSONVILLE TOWING & WRECKING COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. THE STEAMSHIP BAYAMO, ETC. December 13, 1909. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. H. Bisbee and Mr. George C. Bedell for petitioners. Mr. Charles S. Haight for respondent. No. 691. NEW LIVERPOOL SALT COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. CALIFORNIA DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ET AL. December 13, 1909. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States 215 U.S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. Edward J. McCutchen, Mr. Charles Page and Mr. Samuel Knight for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 703. C. L. VAN SICE, PETITIONER, V. THE IBEX MINING COMPANY. January 3, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. Edwin H. Park and Mr. Samuel Herrick for petitioner. Mr. Charles J. Hughes, Jr., and Mr. Charles Cavender for respondent. No. 698. ABRAHAM ACORD ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. WESTERN POCAHONTAS CORPORATION. January 3, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Arthur English for petitioners. Mr. J. L. Bumgardner and Mr. F. B. Enslow for respondent. No. 709. CHARLES E. DAVIS, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. January 3, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Jackson H. Ralston and Mr. Joel Branham for petitioner. The Attorney General and The Solicitor General for respondent. No. 711. PEALE, PEACOCK & KERR OF NEW YORK, PETITIONER, V. JOHN M. GRAHAM. January 3, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 215 U.S. for the First Circuit denied. Mr. Ezra R. Thayer for petitioner. Mr. Robert M. Morse and Mr. William M. Richardson for respondent. No. 717. THE STEAMSHIP FOLMINA, ETC., PETITIONER, v. GUSTAVE A. JAHN ET AL. January 10, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. J. Parker Kirlin and Mr. John M. Woolsey for petitioner. Mr. Frederick M. Brown for respondents. MANUFACTURING No. 719. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. THE WAGNER ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING COMPANY. January 17, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. Paul Bakewell and Mr. Thomas B. Kerr for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 586. HARRY HAYNES, PETITIONER, v. THE BALTIMORE & OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY. January 17, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Ap peals for the Sixth Circuit denied. (Mr. Justice Lurton did not participate in the disposition of this application.) Mr. Orville S. Brumback for petitioner. Mr. F. A. Durban for respondent. No. 701. METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. ELIZA A. WILLIAMSON. January 17, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. W. G. M. Thomas 215 U.S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. and Mr. Richard W. Walker for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 710. JOHN R. WALSH, PETITIONER, V. THE UNITED STATES. January 17, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. John S. Miller, Mr. Merritt Starr and Mr. E. C. Ritsher for petitioner. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. E. W. Sims for respondent. No. 658. COMMERCIAL UNION ASSURANCE COMPANY (LIMITED), OF LONDON, ENGLAND, PETITIONER, v. RICHMOND COAL COMPANY. January 24, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Mr. T. C. Van Ness and Mr. Walter D. Davidge for petitioner. Mr. Emery S. Sykes for respondent. Mr. E. S. Pillsbury and Mr. William A. Maury filed a brief as amici curia by leave of the court. No. 732. FRIES-BRESLIN COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. WILLIAM BERGAN ET AL. January 24, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit denied. Mr. Roger Foster for petitioner. Mr. Ira Jewell Williams and Mr. F. R. Shattuck for respondents. No. 730. HENRY G. THOMAS, PETITIONER, v. FLORENCE HUNT DE WINTER ET AL. January 31, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of VOL. CCXV-39 Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 215 U.S. Columbia denied. Mr. Conrad H. Syme and Mr. James W. Beller for petitioner. Mr. P. H. Marshall for respondents. No. 733. THE COMMISSIONERS OF LINCOLN PARK, PETITIONER, v. WESTRUMITE COMPANY OF AMERICA. January 31, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit denied. Mr. William R. Rummler and Mr. Eugene G. Mason for petitioner. Mr. Walter H. Chamberlin for respondent. No. 745. VIRGINIA PASSENGER & POWER COMPANY ET AL., PETITIONERS, V. LANE BROS. Co. January 31, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. Mr. Henry W. Anderson and Mr. Eppa Hunton, Jr., for petitioners. Mr. Thomas S. Martin for respondent. No. 748. THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. J. R. SIMON & COMPANY. January 31, 1910. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General, and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lloyd for petitioner. Mr. Howard T. Walden, Mr. Henry J. Webster and Mr. W. Wickham Smith for respondents. No. 749. THE UNITED STATES, PETITIONER, v. LEOPOLD BARUCH. January 31, 1910. 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