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OPINIONS PER CURIAM, ETC., FROM OCTOBER 13, 1913, TO JANUARY 5, 1914.

No. Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF ASSETS COLLECTING COMPANY, PETITIONER. Submitted October 14, 1913. Decided October 20, 1913. Motion for leave to file petition for writs of mandamus or certiorari denied. Mr. Ferdinand E. M. Bullowa and Mr. Richard S. Harvey for the petitioner.

No. Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF YOUNG, SMYTHE FIELD COMPANY, PETITIONER. Submitted October 14, 1913. Decided October 20, 1913. Motion for leave to file petition for a writ of mandamus denied. Mr. Mortimer C. Rhone and Mr. A. R. Jackson for the petitioners.

No.. CHARLES ANDERSON, PETITIONER, v. WIL LIAM H. MOYER, WARDEN OF THE UNITED STATES PENI TENTIARY AT ATLANTA, GA. Submitted October 20, 1913. Decided October 27, 1913. Motion for leave to file petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit and to proceed in forma pauperis denied. Mr. Lamar Hill for the petitioner.

No. - CARL OLIVER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF TEXAS. Submitted October 21, 1913. Decided October 27, 1913. Motion for leave to docket cause and proceed in forma pauperis denied. Mr. Cecil H. Smith for the petitioner.

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No. 575. THE GLENWOOD LIGHT & WATER COMPANY, APPELLANT, V. THE TOWN OF GLENWOOD SPRINGS. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 21, 1913. Decided October 27, 1913. Per Curiam. Appeal dismissed. Press Pub. Co. v. Monroe, 164 U. S. 105, 111-112; Defiance Water Co. v. Defiance, 191 U. S. 184, 191; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561; Joplin v. Southwest Missouri Light Co., 191 U. S. 150, 157; Knoxville Water Co. v. Knoxville, 200 U. S. 22; Swope v. Leffingwell, 105 U. S. 3-4. Mr. W. P. Malburn, Mr. W. H. Bryant and Mr. George L. Nye for the appellant. Mr. John A. Rush for the appellee.

No. 153. CHINO LEE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. THE UNITED STATES. In error to the Supreme Court of the Philippine Islands. Submitted October 22, 1913. Decided October 27, 1913. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed. Mugler v. Kansas, 123 U. S. 623, 659-663; Holden v. Hardy, 169 U. S. 366; Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. v. F. W. Cook Brewing Co., 223 U. S. 70, 82; Price v. United States, 165 U. S. 311. Mr. A. D. Gibbs for the plaintiff in error. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Denison for the defendant in error.

No. 584. HENRY C. KING, APPELLANT, v. U. B. BusKIRK, TRUSTEE, ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 14, 1913. Decided October 27, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Fay v. Crozer, 217 U. S. 455, 456, and cases cited; Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 100; Waters

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Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U. S. 112, 117–118. Mr. Maynard F. Stiles for the appellant. Mr. Frank Cox and Mr. W. R. Lilly for the defendants in error.

No. 516. M. V. KIRKPATRICK, APPELLANT, v. Wyatt A. HARNESBERGER, TRUSTEE, ETC. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Georgia. Motion to dismiss submitted October 15, 1913. Decided November 3, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Merritt v. Bowdoin College, 169 U. S. 551, 556. Mr. Samuel H. Myers for the appellant. Mr. Wm. H. Fleming for the appellee.

No. 539. THE ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY ET AL., APPELLANTS, V. THE UNITED STATES ET AL. Appeal from the United States Commerce Court. Argued October 27 and 28, 1913. Decided November 3, 1913. Per Curiam. Decree affirmed on the authority of Illinois Central Railroad Company v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 206 U. S. 454, and cases cited; Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Ry. Co. v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 218 U. S. 88, 110; Proctor & Gamble Co. v. United States, 225 U. S. 282, 297–298; Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co., 227 U. S. 88, 91. Mr. C. W. Durbrow, Mr. Robert Dunlap, Mr. H. A. Scandrett, Mr. T. J. Norton, Mr. Maxwell Evarts and Mr. James G. Wilson for the appellants. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Blackburn Esterline for the United States. Mr. P. J. Farrell for The Interstate Commerce Commission. Mr. Wm. E. Lamb, Mr. Geo. E. Farrand, Mr. Rush C. Butler and Mr. Stephen A. Foster for intervenors.

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No. 688. JOHN RONEY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. H. J. VAN NESS. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Motion to dismiss submitted October 27, 1913. Decided November 3, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Revised Statutes, § 1008; Allen v. Southern Pacific R. R. Co., 173 U. S. 479, 484; Aspen Min. & Smelting Co. v. Billings, 150 U. S. 31, 36; Scarborough v. Pargoud, 108 U. S. 567. Mr. A. E. Bolton for the plaintiffs in error. Mr. Theodore A. Bell for the defendant in error.

No. 520. PACIFIC CREOSOTING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. THE UNITED STATES. In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Motion to dismiss submitted October 27, 1913. Decided November 3, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Anglo-Californian Bank v. United States, 175 U. S. 37; Macfadden v. United States, 213 U. S. 288, 294. Mr. George E. de Steiguer for the plaintiff in error. The Attorney General, The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Adkins for the defendant in error.

No. 413. JOHN ZELLER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY. In error to the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 27, 1913. Decided November 3, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Hurtado v. California, 110 U. S. 516; Maxwell v. Dow, 176 U. S. 581, 584; Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78; Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89, 100. Mr. Marshall Van Winkle for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Edmond Wilson, Mr. Robert H. McCarter and Mr. Pierre P. Garven for the defendant in error.

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No. 221. WILLIAM S. LOVELL, AS TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY, ETC., PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. HENRY HENTZ & COMPANY ET AL. In error to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted October 27, 1913. Decided November 3, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction. Lovell v. Newman, 227 U. S. 412. Mr. Walker Percy and Mr. H. Generes Dufour for the plaintiff in error. Mr. Phelan Beale for the defendants in error.

No. 44. THE MISSOURI, KANSAS & TEXAS RAILWAY COMPANY OF TEXAS, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. OLIVER LETOT. In error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Fourth Supreme Judicial District of the State of Texas. Submitted by plaintiff in error November 5, 1913. Decided November 10, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the authority of Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company v. May, 194 U. S. 267. Mr. Joseph M. Bryson for the plaintiff in error. No appearance for the defendant in error.

No. 436. C. F. EASTON, RECEIVER, ETC., PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, V. THE CHICAGO HOTEL COMPANY ET AL. In error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington. Motion to dismiss submitted November 10, 1913. Decided November 17, 1913. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the authority of United States v. Congress Construction Co., 222 U. S. 199; Fore River Shipbuilding Co. v. Hogg, 219 U. S. 195; Louisville Trust Co. v. Knott, 191 U. S. 225; Smith v. McKay, 161 U. S. 355. Mr. Stephen A. Keenan for the

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