Decisions Granting Certiorari. 312 U.S. tioners. Messrs. Thomas T. Railey, Harvey G. Combs, and James M. Chaney for respondent. Reported below: 116 F.2d 179. No. 740. GELFERT, EXECUTOR, v. NATIONAL CITY BANK OF NEW YORK. March 3, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of New York granted. Mr. George Link, Jr. for petitioner. Mr. Barney B. Fensterstock for respondent. Reported below: 257 App. Div. 465, 1076; 284 N. Y. 13; 13 N. Y. S. 2d 600; 14 N. Y. S. 2d 995; 29 N. E. 2d 449. No. 741. KLAXON COMPANY V. STENTOR ELECTRIC MANUFACTURING CO., INC. March 3, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted, limited to the first question presented by the petition for the writ. Messrs. James D. Carpenter, Jr. and John Thomas Smith for petitioner. Messrs. Murray C. Bernays and Paul Leahy for respondent. Reported below: 115 F. 2d 268. No. 556. EARLY, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, v. REID. See ante, p. 661. Motion No. 729. LOMAX v. TEXAS. March 10, 1941. for leave to proceed in forma pauperis, and petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, granted. Mr. F. S. K. Whittaker for petitioner. Reported below: 136 Tex. Cr. R. 108; 124 S. W. 2d 126; 144 S. W. 2d 555. No. 718. BROOKS V. DEWAR ET AL. March 10, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of 312 U.S. Decisions Granting Certiorari. Nevada granted. Solicitor General Biddle for petitioner. Mr. William J. Donovan for respondents. Reported below: 60 Nev. 219; 106 P. 2d 755. No. 732. JENKINS v. KURN ET AL., TRUSTEES. March 10, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Missouri granted. Mr. Harry G. Waltner, Jr. for petitioner. Reported below: 146 Mo. 904; 144 S. W. 2d 76. No. 717. UNITED STATES, GUARDIAN OF THE INDIANS OF THE TRIBE OF HUALPAI IN ARIZONA, v. SANTA FE PACIFIC RAILROAD Co. March 10, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biddle and Messrs. Nathan R. Margold, Richard H. Hanna, William A. Brophy, and Felix S. Cohen for petitioner. Mr. Charles H. Woods for respondent. Reported below: 114 F. 2d 420. No. 727. SHAMROCK OIL & GAS CORP. V. SHEETS ET AL. March 10, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted, limited to the first question presented by the petition for the writ. Messrs. R. C. Johnson, Joseph B. Dooley, and R. A. Wilson for petitioner. Reported below: 115 F. 2d 880. No. 734. CARY V. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; No. 735. FLAGLER V. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; No. 736. ESTATE OF FLAGLER ET AL. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE; and Decisions Granting Certiorari. 312 U.S. No. 737. MATTHEWS v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. March 10, 1941. Petition for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Messrs. Roswell L. Gilpatric and Joseph C. White for petitioners. Solicitor General Biddle for respondent. Reported below: 116 F. 2d 800. No. 631. CASEBEER v. HUDSPETH, WARDEN. See ante, p. 662. No. 744. POSEY V. UNITED STATES. See ante, p. 663. v. No. 755. GRIFFIN, ADMINISTRATOR, V. McCOACH, TRUSTEE. March 17, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Jos. W. Bailey, Jr. for petitioner. Mr. Carl B. Callaway for respondent. Reported below: 116 F. 2d 261. No. 79. CITY COMPANY OF NEW YORK, INC. v. STERN; and No. 89. CHASE SECURITIES CORP. v. VOGEL. See ante, p. 666. No. 776. HELVERING, COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, V. NEBRASKA BRIDGE SUPPLY & LUMBER CO. See ante, p. 666. No. 789. CANTEY v. MCLAIN LINE, INC., ET AL. See ante, p. 667. No. 277. AUTOMATIC DEVICES CORP. v. SINKO TOOL & MFG. CO. See post, p. 711. 312 U.S. Decisions Denying Certiorari. No. 782. AMERICAN SURETY CO. OF NEW YORK V. BETHLEHEM NATIONAL BANK ET AL. March 31, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Mr. George P. Williams, Jr. for petitioner. Messrs. George P. Barse and H. P. McFadden for respondents. Reported below: 116 F.2d 75. No. 758. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD V. VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER Co.; and No. 759. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD v. INDEPENDENT ORGANIZATION OF EMPLOYEES OF THE VIRGINIA ELECTRIC & POWER Co. March 31, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit granted. Solicitor General Biddle and Mr. Robert B. Watts for petitioner. Messrs. T. Justin Moore and Stephen H. Simes for respondent in No. 758. Mr. Paul E. Hadlick for respondent in No. 759. Reported below: 115 F. 2d 414. No. 812. TEXTILE MILLS SECURITIES CORP. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. March 31, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Mr. Edmund S. Kochersperger for petitioner. Solicitor General Biddle for respondent. Reported below: 117 F. 2d 62. DECISIONS DENYING CERTIORARI, FROM JANUARY 7, 1941, THROUGH MARCH 31, 1941. No. 498. STEWART v. JOHNSTON. January 13, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and motion for leave to proceed further in forma pauperis, denied. The motion for leave to file petition for writ of mandamus is also denied. J. L. Stewart, pro se. Reported below: 97 F. 2d 548. Decisions Denying Certiorari. 312 U.S. No. 609. SCOTT v. UNITED STATES. January 13, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit, and motion for leave to proceed further in forma pauperis, denied. Mr. C. L. McGuire for petitioner. Reported below: 115 F. 2d 137. No. 620. SLOCUM ET AL. v. FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF CHICAGO ET AL. January 13, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Appellate Court, 1st District, of Illinois, denied. MR. JUSTICE BLACK and MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS took no part in the consideration and decision of this application. Mr. Meyer Abrams for petitioners. Messrs. Max Swiren and Frank H. Towner for the First National Bank et al.; and Mr. Claire W. Hardy for A. C. Allyn & Co., respondents. Reported below: 305 Ill. App. 488; 27 N. E. 2d 479. No. 622. DRAVO CONTRACTING Co. v. JAMES, STATE TAX COMMISSIONER. January 13, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit denied. MR. JUSTICE REED took no part in the consideration and decision of this application. Messrs. Wm. S. Moorhead, Lawrence D. Blair, W. Chapman Revercomb, and W. Elliott Nefflen for petitioner. Messrs. Clarence W. Meadows, Attorney General of West Virginia, and W. Holt Wooddell, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent. Reported below: 114 F. 2d 242. No. 352. SUNSHINE MINING Co. v. NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD. January 13, 1941. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit denied. Messrs. Joseph C. Cheney and Charles H. Paul for petitioner. Solicitor General Biddle |