Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 346. WHEELAN, ADMINISTRATOR, V. BRICKELL. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Submitted March 8, 1897. Decided March 15, 1897. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Califor nia v. Holladay, 159 U. S. 415; Bacon v. Texas, 163 U. S. 207, and cases cited. Mr. S. W. Holladay and Mr. E. Burke Holladay for motion to dismiss. Mr. Charles N. Fox opposing. No. 681. BROOKLYN & NEW YORK FERRY Co. v. MACMAHON, ADMINISTRATRIX. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of New York. Submitted March 8, 1897. Decided March 15, 1897. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Missouri v. Andriano, 138 U. S. 496. Mr. Charles J. Patterson for motions to dismiss or affirm. James Troy and Mr. George Bethune Adams opposing. Mr. No. 537. GoODSELL V. DELTA & PINE LAND CO. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. Submitted March 15, 1897. Decided March 22, 1897. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Bacon v. Texas, 163 U. S. 207; Railway Co. v. Chicago, 164 U. S. 454; Missouri v. Andriano, 138 U. S. 496; Railroad Co. v. Plainview, 143 U. S. 371; Evers v. Watson, 156 U. S. 527, and other cases. Mr. Frank Johnston for motion to dismiss. Mr. T. B. Catron opposing. No. 228. AMERICAN HARROW Co. v. SHAFFER, COMMISSIONER, &c. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Virginia. Argued March 23 and 24, 1897. Decided March 29, 1897. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. F. S. Blair for appellant. Mr. R. Taylor Scott for appellees. No. 245. PARSONS v. STATE OF MISSOURI. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Submitted March 29, 1897. Decisions announced without Opinions. Decided April 5, 1897. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs on the authority of Emert v. Missouri, 156 U. S. 296. Mr. John E. Craig for plaintiff in error. brief filed for defendant in error. No No. 672. OMAHA & COUNCIL BLUFFS RAILWAY & BRIDGE CO. OF NEBRASKA v. SMITH. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. Submitted April 5, 1897. Decided April 12, Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Mr. Winfield S. Strawn for motion to dismiss. Mr. John N. Baldwin opposing. 1897. No. 720. MURPHY v. COLORADO PAVING CO. Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Colorado. Submitted April 12, 1897. Decided April 19, 1897. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction on the authority of Smith v. McKay, 161 U. S. 355; Carey v. Railway Co., 161 U. S. 115 (see Colorado Paving Co. v. Murphy, 78 Fed. Rep. 28). Mr. C. S. Thomas and Mr. W. H. Bryant for appellant. Mr. James H. Brown for appellee. No. 613. AGRICULTURAL DITCH Co. v. FARMERS' INDEPENDENT DITCH CO. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Colorado. Submitted April 26, 1897. Decided April 30, 1897. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction for the want of a final judgment. Mr. C. S. Thomas and Mr. W. H. Bryant for motion to dismiss. No brief filed in opposition. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. No. 696. ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD Co. v. DAVIDSON. Seventh Circuit. Denied March 8, 1897. Mr. James Fentress and Mr. William E. Mason for petitioner. Mr. Edward Ryan Woodle opposing. Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 703. RYAN v. STAPLES. Eighth Circuit. Denied March 8, 1897. Mr. C. S. Thomas and Mr. W. H. Bryant for petitioner. Mr. Hugh Butler opposing. No. 698. ST. LOUIS CAR COUPLER Co. v. SHICKLE, HARRISON & HOWARD IRON CO. Eighth Circuit. Denied March 8, 1897. Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. Chester H. Krum for petitioner. Mr. George H. Knight and Mr. Melville Church opposing. No. 724. UNITED STATES v. BUFFALO NATURAL GAS FUEL CO. Second Circuit. Granted March 15, 1897. Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for petitioners. Mr. Herbert P. Bissell opposing. No. 728. MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS TRUST Co. v. KRUMSEIG. Eighth Circuit. Granted March 15, 1897. Mr. William C. White for petitioner. Mr. Page Morris opposing. Nos. 747 and 748. GREEN v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO. Fifth Circuit. Denied March 22, 1897. Mr. Charles W. Ogden for petitioner. No. 750. REPUBLICAN MINING Co. v. TYLER MINING CO. Ninth Circuit. Denied March 29, 1897. Mr. W. B. Heyburn for petitioner. No. 755. RUSS v. TELFENER. Fifth Circuit. Denied March 29, 1897. Mr. Joseph Wheeler and Mr. Clarence H. Miller for petitioner. Mr. J. L. Peeler opposing. No. 754. VON SCHMIDT v. BOWERS. Ninth Circuit. Denied April 5, 1897. Mr. M. A. Wheaton and Mr. F. J. Kierce for petitioner. Mr. John H. Miller opposing. Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 763. CLAFLIN, AS EXECUTOR, . TUTTLE, AS TRUSTEE. Second Circuit. Denied April 12, 1897. Mr. Edmund Wetmore and Mr. C. W. Gould for petitioner. Mr. B. F. Lee opposing. No. 461. AMERICAN BELL TELEPHONE Co. v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH Co. First Circuit. Denied April 12, 1897. Mr. John F. Dillon and Mr. J. H. Benton, Jr., for petitioner. Mr. James J. Storrow opposing. No. 667. BONDHOLDERS AND PURCHASERS OF THE IRON RAILROAD v. TOLEDO, DELPHOS & BURLINGTON RAILROAD Co. Seventh Circuit. Denied April 12, 1897. Mr. John C. Coombs and Mr. Charles H. Hanson for petitioners. Mr. Clarence Brown opposing. No. 769. DEIMEL v. STROHEIM. Seventh Circuit. Denied April 12, 1897. Mr. Hiram T. Gilbert for petitioner. Mr. Levy Mayer opposing. No. 749. CHAPMAN v. UNITED STATES. Court of Appeals of District of Columbia. Denied April 19, 1897. Mr. George F. Edmunds, Mr. A. J. Dittenhoefer and Mr. J. M. Wilson for petitioner. No. 766. MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO. OF NEW YORK v. PHINNEY, EXECUTRIX. Ninth Circuit. Granted April 19, 1897. Mr. Edward Lyman Short, Mr. Robert Sewell and Mr. John B. Allen for petitioner. Mr. S. Warburton and Mr. A: F. Burleigh opposing. Nos. 725 and 726. NATIONAL FOUNDRY & PIPE WORKS, LIMITED V. ANDREWS, and SAME v. CITY OF OCONTO. Seventh Circuit. Denied April 26, 1897. Mr. George H. Noyes for petitioner. Mr. W. H. Webster opposing. VOL. CLXVI-46 Decisions announced without Opinions. No. 780. NEWARK ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER Co. v. GARDEN, ADMINISTRATOR. Third Circuit. Denied April 26, 1897. Mr. Mahlon Pitney and Mr. John O. H. Pitney for petitioner. Mr. Henry M. Garden opposing. No. 764. ANGLO-CALIFORNIAN BANK v. SECRETARY OF THE TREASURY. Ninth Circuit. Denied April 30, 1897. Mr. J. F. Evans for petitioner. Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Solicitor General opposing. No. 787. STEAMTUG "TITAN" v. LEGG ET AL., ADMINISTRATORS. Second Circuit. Denied April 30, 1897. Mr. Henry W. Goodrich and Mr. John A. Deady for petitioner. Mr. Henry Galbraith Ward opposing. No. 790. NATIONAL MACHINE Co. v. WHEELER & WILSON MANUFACTURING Co. Second Circuit. Denied April 30, 1897. Mr. Edwin H. Brown for petitioner. Mr. Livingston Gifford opposing. No. 793. EINSTEIN, WOLFF & Co. v. UNITED STATES. Second Circuit. Denied April 30, 1897. Mr. Charles Curie, Mr. W. Wickham Smith and Mr. David Ives Mackie for petitioners. No. 794. UNITED STATES v. ROESSLER & HASSLACHER CHEMICAL Co. Second Circuit. Granted April 30, 1897. Mr. Attorney General, Mr. Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Whitney for petitioners. Mr. Albert Comstock opposing. |