the same time considering and passing up- | between the two states. And to the end on the controversy concerning the boundary that that hearing may be expedited, we say between the two states, now pending on our in addition, first, that if the facts in the docket. The identity of the two issues, the boundary case be stipulated by the parties possible influence which the decision of the either by reference to the facts shown in one would have on the rights pending in this case or otherwise, both the cases will the other, and the fact that the actor, the be taken on submission on printed briefs, if state of Tennessee, in this suit, is the de- the parties are so advised; or second, if fendant in the original suit, we think render they are not so advised, upon an agreement that conclusion necessary. and stipulation as to the facts in the boundary case, that case and this will be ordered advanced and assigned for oral argument at an early day. For these reasons we direct that this case be restored to the docket and that it be hereafter assigned for hearing at the same time and immediately after the coming on for hearing of the original boundary suit And it is so ordered. FOLLOWING ARE MEMORANDA OF CASES DISPOSED OF AT OCTOBER TERM, 1916, WITHOUT OPINIONS AND NOT ELSEWHERE OR OTHERWISE DISPOSED OF IN THIS EDITION. HENRY F. MARSHALL, Petitioner, v. SAMUEL W. BACKUS, Commissioner of Immigra tion, etc. [No. 603.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. Mr. Henry Ach for petitioner. THOMAS EWING, Commissioner of Patents, YEE SUEY, Petitioner, v. F. W. Berkshire, Supervising Inspector of Immigration, etc. [No. 575.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. Waters Davis for petitioner. Mr. Solicitor General Davis and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Wallace for respondent. November 6, 1916. Denied. BEN FRANKFURT, Petitioner, v. UNITED Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Mr. James M. Edwards for petitioner. Mr. Solicitor General Davis and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren for petitioner. Messrs. Melville Church and Charles C. sistant Attorney General Warren for reLinthicum for respondent. November 6, 1916. Granted. spondent. November 6, 1916. Denied. L. A. WESTERMANN COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Mr. Curtis C. Williams for petitioner. EDGAR F. LUCKENBACH et al., Petitioners, v. Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. WILLIAM R. STAATS COMPANY et al., Peti- Mr. H. W. O'Melveny for petitioners. COMMERCIAL SECURITY COMPANY et al., Petitioners, v. STEWART N. DUNNING, Trustee, etc. [No. 611.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Messrs. Peter S. Carter and Charles C. United States Circuit Court of Appeals for Burlingham for petitioners. Messrs. J. Parker Kirlin and Mark W. Maclay, Jr., for respondents. November 3, 1916. Granted. the Second Circuit. Mr. Henry A. Heiser for petitioners. NATHAN A. HUGHES et al., Petitioners, v. | FRANCIS J. TORRANCE, Trustee, etc., et al., UNITED STATES. [No. 677.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Plaintiffs in Error, v. FIRST-SECOND NATIONAL BANK OF PITTSBURGH. [No. 83.] In Error to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Messrs. Theodore Mack and John Winfred Pennsylvania. Pope for petitioners. Mr. Solicitor General Davis for respond. ent. November 6, 1916. Denied. WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC & MANUFACTUR- Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Alvin A. Morris for plaintiffs in error. ror. November 9, 1916. Dismissed with costs and mandate granted, on motion of counsel for the plaintiffs in error. P. P. DABNEY et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. In Error to the Supreme Court of the Messrs. Charles W. Fulton and Guy C. Messrs Paul Bakewell and Thomas B. H. Corliss for plaintiffs in error. Kerr for petitioner. Mr. Alfred E. Clark for defendant in er Messrs. Melville Church and Edwin E. ror. Huffman for respondent. November 6, 1916. Denied. November 10, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the Tenth Rule. CLARA P. BOBB, Plaintiff in Error, v. AL- P. P. DABNEY et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. FRED C. F. MEYER. [No. 473.] In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. JOHN H. MIDDLETON et al., as Executors, etc. [No. 97.] In Error to the Supreme Court of the Mr. Thomas J. Rowe for plaintiff in er- State of Oregon. ror. Messrs. Charles W. Fulton and Guy C. H. No counsel appeared for defendant in er- Corliss for plaintiffs in error. ror. November 6, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for plaintiff in error. ARTHUR J. MCDONALD, as Executor, et al., Plaintiffs in Error, v. J. T. McDONALD et al. [No. 80.] In Error to the Supreme Court of the Mr. Roy D. Keehn for plaintiffs in error. error. November 6, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the Tenth Rule. CENTRAL TRUST COMPANY OF NEW YORK, as Trustees, etc., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES. [No. 768.] Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Ohio. Mr. Arthur H. Van Brunt for appellant. The Attorney General for appellee. November 8, 1916. Dismissed with costs, on motion of counsel for the appellant, and mandate granted. Mr. Alfred E. Clark for defendants in error. November 10, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the Tenth Rule. ILLINOIS SURETY COMPANY, Appellant, v. Appeal from the District Court of the Messrs. L. Laflin Kellogg and Nelson L. Keach for appellant. Messrs. Frederick P. King and George W. Bristol for appellees. November 13, 1916. Per Curiam: Dismissed for want of jurisdiction, with 5 per cent damages, upon the authority of Aspen Min. & Smelting Co. v. Billings, 150 U. S. 31, 37 L. ed. 986, 14 Sup. Ct. Rep. 4; Brown v. Alton Water Co. 222 U. S. 325, 56 L. ed. 221, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 156; Metropolitan Water Co. v. Kaw Valley Drainage Dist. 223 U. S. 519, 56 L. ed. 533, 32 Sup. Ct. Rep. 246; Union Trust Co. v. Westhus, 228 U. S. 519, 57 L. ed. 947, 33 Sup. Ct. Rep. 593; Shapiro v. United States, 235 U. S. 412, 59 L. ed. 291, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 122. Vandalia Railroad CompanY, Plaintiff in | AMERICAN BONDING COMPANY OF BALTIMORE, Error, v. NATHANIEL G. STRINGER. [No. 86.1 In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. Plaintiff in Error, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE USE OF Cæsar FRANCINI et al. [No. 589.] In Error to the United States Circuit Mr. Charles W. Moores for plaintiff in Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. error. Mr. Francis B. Bracken for plaintiff in Messrs. Wymond J. Beckett and Martin error. M. Hugg for defendant in error. November 13, 1916. Per Curiam: Dismissed for want of jurisdiction, with 5 per cent damages, upon the authority of Iowa C. R. Co. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389, 40 L. ed. 467, 16 Sup. Ct. Rep. 344; Texas & N. O. R. Co. v. Miller, 221 U. S. 408, 416, 55 L. ed. 789, 796, 31 Sup. Ct. Rep. 534; Washington v. Miller, 235 U. S. 422, 429, 59 L. ed. 295, 299, 35 Sup. Ct. Rep. 119; Wabash R. Co. v. Hayes, 234 U. S. 86, 58 L. ed. 1226, 34 Sup. Ct. Rep. 729, 6 N. C. C. A. 224. Mr. William M. Hargest for defendants in error. November 14, 1916. Dismissed per stipu lation. G. S. NICHOLS & COMPANY et al., Petition- United States Court of Customs Appeals. E. G. STEELE et al., Petitioners, v. HIGH. ALEX D. SHAW & COMPANY et al., Petition LAND PARK MANUFACTURING COMPANY. [No. 729.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Messrs. Joseph A. McCullough and John A. Marion for petitioners. Messrs. Charles W. Tillett and Thomas C. Guthrie for respondent. November 13, 1916. Denied. HELOISE MCCENEY WILLS, Petitioner, v. Messrs. R. B. Dickey, D. W. Baker, and ers, v. UNITED STATES. [No. 758.] F. VITELLI & SONS, Petitioners, v. UNITED Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the F. VITELLI & SON, Petitioners, v. UNITED Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Messrs. A. S. Worthington and H. Pres- United States Court of Customs Appeals. cott Gatley for respondents. November 13, 1916. Denied. Mr. Albert M. Guzzolino for petitioners. HIRAM CHASE, Appellant, v. PETER HANSEN. LAM FUNG YEN, Petitioner, v. G. OLIVER [No. 102.] Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Nebraska. Mr. Hiram Chase, appellant, pro se. Mr. Charles J. Kappler for appellee. November 14, 1916. Dismissed with costs, pursuant to the Sixteenth Rule, on motion of counsel for the appellee. 37 S. C.-8. FRICK, United States Immigration Inspector, etc. [No. 663.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. Mr. E. J. Henning for petitioner. al. [No. 354.] CHAUTAUQUA INSTITUTION, Petitioner, v. | UNITED STATES, Appellant, v. E. DOWDEN et Mr. Thornton M. Hinkee for petitioner. Mr. J. Warren Keifer for respondents. November 20, 1916. Denied. JAMES W. CAMPBELL, Petitioner, v. CHARLES M. CAMPBELL et al. [No. 763.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. Mr. William Henry White for petitioner. Mr. John Ridout for respondents. November 20, 1916. Denied. COMPAGNIE GÉNÉRALE TRANSATLANTIQUE, Petitioner, v. TERESA M. BUMP. [No. 773.] Petition for a Writ of Certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. Messrs. Joseph P. Nolan and John M. Nolan for petitioner. Mr. Frederic E. Mygatt for respondent. November 20, 1916. Denied. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. The Attorney General for appellant. Mr. Repra Bond for appellees. November 20, 1916. Dismissed, on tion of counsel for the appellant. WELLS FARGO & COMPANY EXPRESS, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA. [No. 91]; AMERICAN EXPRESS COMPANY, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA [No. 92]; and UNITED STATES EXPRESS COMPANY, Plaintiff in Error, v. STATE OF OKLAHOMA [No. 93]. In Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. Mr. S. T. Bledsoe for plaintiffs in error. No counsel appeared for defendant in er ror. November 20, 1916. Dismissed on motion of counsel for the plaintiffs in error. |