DODGE et al. v. STRASBURGER et al. (February 28, 1898.) No. 587. Chapin Brown, Henry P. Blair, and Arthur H. O'Conner, for petitioners. Leon Tobriner and Isaac W. Nordfinger, for respondents. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia denied.

DRAKE v. KOCHERSPERGER. (April 25, 1898.) No. 425. In error to the supreme court of the state of Illinois. William D. Guthrie and Benjamin Harrison, for plaintiff in error. Edward C. Akin and Thomas A. Moran, for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice McKENNA. The judgment of the supreme court of the state was not final, and the writ of error must be dismissed. So ordered.

DURRANT v. HALE. (November 8, 1897.) No. 429. Appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of California. A. L. Hart and F. P. Dewees, for appellant. W. F. Fitzgerald and T. C. Catchings, for appellee. No opinion. Final order affirmed, with costs, on the authority of Hurtado v. California, 110 U. S. 516, 4 Sup. Ct. 111, 292; Nordstrom v. Washington, 164 U. S. 705, 17 Sup. Ct. 997; Craemer v. Washington, 168 U. S. 124, 18 Sup. Ct. 1.

EBANKS v. HALE, Warden. (December 20, 1897.) No. 501. Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Northern district of California. See 84 Fed. 311. W. S. Wood, for appellant. T. C. Catchings, W. F. Fitzgerald, and W. H. Anderson, for appellee. No opinion. Order affirmed, with costs, on the authority of Durrant v. Hale (decided at this term) ubi supra.

ELDER v. UNITED STATES. (January 13, 1898.) No. 503. Appeal from the court of private land claims. John H. Knaebel, for appellant. The Attorney General, for the United States. No opinion. Dismissed per stipulation.

EVANS et al. v. SUESS ORNAMENTAL GLASS CO. et al. (May 31, 1898.) No. 672. James H. Raymond, for petitioners. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Seventh circuit denied. See 28 C. C. A. 24, 83 Fed. 706; 30 C. C. A. 367, 86 Fed. 779.

FARWELL et al. v. UNITED STATES. (February 21, 1898.) No. 307. Appeal from the court of private land claims. T. B. Catron, for appellants. The Attorney General, for the United States. No opinion. Dismissed on authority of counsel for the appellants.

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FENWICK HALL CO. v. TOWN OF OLD SAYBROOK et al. (January 10, 1898.) No. 378. In error to the supreme court of errors of the state of Connecticut. See 36 Atl. 1068. M. W. Seymour, for plaintiff in error. Lewis E. Stanton, for defendants in error. ion. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction, on the authority of Castillo v. McConnico, 168 U. S. 674, 18 Sup. Ct. 229; Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361, 14 Sup. Ct. 131; Oxley Stave Co. v. Butler Co., 166 U. S. 618, 17 Sup. Ct. 709.

FITZHUGH et al. v. HAZZARD. (May 9, 1898) No. 619. A. S. Lathrop, for petition

ers. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit denied. See 24 C. C. A. 232, 78 Fed. 554.

FULTON v. FLETCHER. (January 10, 1898.) No. 555. D. W. Baker, for petitioner. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia denied.

GALVIN et al. v. PALMER. (April 28, 1898.) No. 244. In error to the supreme court of the state of California. See 45 Pac. 172. A. R. Cotton, for plaintiffs in error. J. E. Dodge, for defendant in error. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule.

GATES IRON WORKS v. FRASER et al. (May 31, 1898.) No. 664. L. L. Coburn and Edmund Wetmore, for petitioner. L. L. Bond, A. H. Adams, C. E. Pickard, and J. L. Jack son, for respondents. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Seventh circuit denied. See 29 C. C. A. 261, 85 Fed. 441.

GILA BEND RESERVOIR & IRRIGATION CO. v. LINN et al. (May 31, 1898.) No. 199. Appeal from the supreme court of the territory of Arizona. J. K. McCammon and James H. Hayden, for appellant. S. F. Phillips and F. D. McKenney, for appellees. No opinion. Decree affirmed, with costs, by a divided court.

GRAFTON v. PAINE. (November 1, 1897.) No. 148. Appeal from the court of appeals of the District of Columbia. See 7 App. D. C. 255. J. M. Wilson and L. E. Payson, for appellant. W. D. Davidge and C. A. Brandenburg, for appellee. No opinion. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction, on the authority of Davis v. Crouch, 94 U. S. 514; Lodge v. Twell, 135 U. S. 232, 10 Sup. Ct. 745; McGourkey v. Railway Co., 146 U. S. 536, 13 Sup. Ct. 170.

HALL et al. v. THE ALENE. (November 1, 1897.) No. 492. George Berthune Adams, for petitioners. Everett P. Wheeler, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Second circuit denied. See 25 C. C. A. 264, 79 Fed. 976.

HAMMOND et al. v. HORTON. (January 10, 1898.) No. 440. In error to the supreme court of the state of Missouri. See 37 S. W. 825. Henry H. Denison, for plaintiffs in error. John B. Henderson, for defendant in error. No opinion. Dismissed, for the want of_jurisdiction, on the authority of Hammond v. Johnston, 142 U. S. 73, 12 Sup. Ct. 141; Same v. Insurance Co., 150 U. S. 633. 14 Sup. Ct. 236; Romie v. Casanova, 91 U. S. 379. Also see Hammond v. Johnston, 93 Mo. 198, 6 S. W. 83; Same v. Gordon, 93 Mo. 223, 6 S. W. 93; Block v. Morrison, 112 Mo. 343, 20 S. W. 340.

HARDING. MINNEAPOLIS NORTHERN RY. CO. (March 21, 1898.) No. 609. M. H. Boutelle, for petitioner. S. S. Burdett, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit denied. See 28 C. C. A. 419, 84 Fed. 287.

HART et al. v. BOWEN. (May 31, 1898.) No. 675. Charles E. Fenner, Henry J. Leovy, and Guy M. Hornor, for petitioners. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit denied. See 31 C. C. A. 31, 86 Fed. 877.

HAWKINS, Sheriff, v. WATSON. (November 9, 1897.) No. 112. Appeal from the cir cuit court of the United States for the district of Montana. J. W. Strevell, for appellant. The Attorney General and Sol. Gen. Richards, for appellee. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the sixteenth rule, on motion of Mr. Sol. Gen. Richards, for appellee.

HENDRICKSON v. BRADLEY. (May 31, 1898.) No. 659. Asa Bird Gardiner and W. A. Day, for petitioner. Willis Van Devanter, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit denied. See 29 C. C. A. 303, 85 Fed. 508.

HENRY V. PITTSBURGH CLAY MFG. CO. et al. (April 11, 1898.) No. 616. Albert H. Clarke and Frederic D. McKenney, for petitioner. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Third circuit denied. See 25 a. C. A. 581, 80 Fed. 485.

HILL v. HALE, Warden. (December 7, 1897.) No. 480. Appeal from the district court of the United States for the Northern district of California. W. W. Foote, for appellant. W. F. Fitzgerald and W. H. Anderson, for appellee. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule.

HOUSTON & T. C. R. CO. v. BOWLES et al. (November 8, 1897.) No. 92. In error to the supreme court of the state of Texas. See 32 S. W. 880. Charles H. Tweed, R. S. Lovett, and Maxwell Evarts, for plaintiff in error. H. M. Garwood, for defendants in error. No opinion. Judgment affirmed, with costs and interest, on the authority of Railroad Co. v. Jones, 155 U. S. 333, 350, 15 Sup. Ct. 136; Railroad Co. v. Brown, 17 Wall. 445, 450; Railway Co. v. Johnson, 151 U. S. 81, 14 Sup. Ct. 250; Railway Co. v. Bloom's Adm'r, 164 U. S. 636, 17 Sup. Ct. 216.

HOUSTON & T. C. R. CO. v. MORGAN et al. (December 13, 1897.) No. 222. In error to the court of civil appeals for the First supreme judicial district of the state of Texas. Charles H. Tweed and R. S. Lovett, for plaintiff in error. R. E. Pennington, for defendants in error. No opinion. Dismissed per stipulation, on motion of Mr. J. Hubley Ashton in behalf of counsel.

HOUSTON & T. C. R. CO. v. SMITH et al. (December 6, 1897.) No. 152. In error to the court of civil appeals for the Third supreme judicial district of Texas. See 32 S. W. 710, 33 S. W. 896. Charles H. Tweed and R. S. Lovett, for plaintiff in error. H. M. Garwood, for defendants in error. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, per stipulation.

HOUSTON & T. C. RY. CO. et al. v. STRYCHARSKI et al. (November 8, 1897.) No. St. In error to the supreme court of the state

of Texas. See 37 S. W. 415. Charles H. Tweed. R. S. Lovett, and Maxwell Evarts, for plaintiffs in error. H. F. Ring and Presley K. Ewing, for defendants in error. No opinion. Judgment affirmed, with costs and interest, on the authority of Railroad Co. v. Jones, 155 U. S. 333, 350, 15 Sup. Ct. 136; Railroad Co. v. Brown, 17 Wall. 445, 450; Railway Co. v. Johnson, 151 U. S. 81, 14 Sup. Ct. 250; Railway Co. v. Bloom's Adm'r, 164 U. S. 636, 17 Sup. Ct. 216.

MCBRIDE v. GRAND DE TOUR PLOW CO. et al. (January 11, 1898.) No. 2. Appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of Iowa. See 44 Fed. 74. Albert B. Cummins, for_appellant. John G. Manahan and Edward Rector, for appellees. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule.

MCDONNELL v. JORDAN. (January 10, 1898.) No. 510. In error to the circuit court of the United States for the Northern district of Alabama. Lawrence Cooper and William Richardson, for plaintiff in error. David D. Shelby, Richard W. Walker, and Richard R. McMahon, for defendant in error. No opinion. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction, on the authority of Bender v. Pennsylvania Co., 148 U. S. 502, 13 Sup. Ct. 640, and cases cited.

MCMASTER. NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. (May 31, 1898.) No. 667. Henry J. Taylor, for petitioner. G. W. Hubbell and W. E. Odell, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit denied. See 30 C. C. A. 532, 87 Fed. 63.

MCQUEEN v. JONES. (December 13, 1897.) No. 202. In error to the supreme court of the state of Utah. See 45 Pac. 202. A. T. Schroeder, for plaintiff in error. J. L. Rawlins, for defendant in error. No opinion. Judgment reversed, with costs, per stipulation of counsel, on motion of Mr. J. L. Rawlins, for defendant in error, and cause remanded for further proceedings in conformity to law.

MAGRUDER et al. v. BELT. (February 28, 1898.) No. 590. H. Randall Webb, for petitioners. Franklin H. Mackey, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia denied. See 7 App. D. C. 303.

MASON et al. v. McLEOD. (May 23, 1898.) No. 265. In error to the supreme court of the state of Kansas. See 45 Pac. 76. S. B. Bradford, for plaintiffs in error. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule.

MERCANTILE TRUST CO. v. FARMERS' LOAN & TRUST CO. et al. (November 8, 1897.) No. 493. L. F. Parker, A. T. Britton, and A. B. Browne, for petitioner. John W. Noble, George H. Shields, and George Zabriskie, for respondents. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit denied. See 26 C. C. A. 383, 81 Fed. 254.

MEYER et al. v. COX et al. (March 28, 1898.) No. 546. In error to the superior court of Milwaukee county, state of Wisconsin. Rublee A. Cole, for plaintiffs in error. Howard Morris, for defendants in error. No opinion. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction, on the authority of Werner v. City Council of Charleston, 151 U. S. 360, 14 Sup. Ct. 356; Insurance Co. v. Kirchoff, 160 U. S. 374, 16 Sup. Ct. 318.

MISSOURI, K. & T. RY. CO. v. FULLER. (January 3, 1898.) No. 146. In error to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit. See 18 C. C. A. 641, 72 Fed. 467. James Hagerman and George P. B. Jackson, for plaintiff in error. Harrison O. Shep

ard and W. T. Hutchings, for defendant her ror. No opinion. Judgment affirmed, with costs, by a divided court, and cause remanded to the United States court in the Indian Territory.

MONTAGUE v. COX. (November 10, 1897.) No. 344. Appeal from the United States cir cuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit. See 24 C. C. A. 364, 78 Fed. 845. Xenophon Wheeler, for appellant. Robert Pritchard, for appellee. No opinion. Dismissed per stipulation.

MONTOYA et al. v. UNITED STATES et al. (November 29, 1897.) No. 519. Appeal from the court of private land claims. The Attorney General, for the United States. No opinion. Docketed and dismissed, on motion of Mr. Sol. Gen. Richards, for appellees.

NATIONAL ACC. SOC. v. SPIRO. (Oc tober 18, 1897.) No. 382. H. D. McBurney, for petitioner. Henry H. Ingersoll, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit denied. See 18 C. C. A. 382, 71 Fed. 897.

NATIONAL SAFE-DEPOSIT, SAVINGS & TRUST CO. v. GRAY. (March 21, 1898.) No. 603. R. Ross Perry, for petitioner. Samuel Maddox, for respondent. No opinion. Pe tition for a writ of certiorari to the court of appeals of the District of Columbia denied.

NEELY et al. v. NEWMAN. (October 18, 1897.) No. 468. W. A. Gunter and Thomas H. Clark, for petitioners. William Grant and J. D. Rouse, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Fifth circuit denied. See 23 C. C. A. 459, 77 Fed. 787.

NORDSTROM ▼. MOYER, Sheriff, et al (May 9, 1898.) No. 359. Appeal from the circuit court of the United States for the district of Washington. James Hamilton Lewis, for appellant. W. C. Jones and Patrick Henry Winston, for appellees. No opinion. Order affirmed, with costs, on the authority of Craemer v. Washington, 168 U. S. 124, 18 Sup. Ct. 1; Nordstrom v. Washington, 164 U. S. 705, 17 Sup. Ct. 997; and cases cited. And see State v. Nordstrom, 7 Wash. 506, 35 Pac. 382.

NOYES . SILVER QUEEN MIN. CO. (December 6, 1897.) No. 128. On a certificate from the United States circuit court of appeals for the Ninth circuit. See 16 C. C. A. 675, 70 Fed. 336. W. H. Doolittle, for plaintiff in error. John H. Miller, for defendant in error. No opinion. Question answered in the negative on the authority of Thorp v. Bonnifield (decided at this term) 18 Sup. Ct. 947, and cases cited.

PARKER v. TERRITORY OF OKLAHOMA ex rel. CAMERON. (January 12, 1898.) No. 193. Appeal from the supreme court of the territory of Oklahoma. See 38 Pac. 14. H. S. Cunningham, for appellant. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule.

PARSONS. PRATT. (December 6, 1897.) No. 176. In error to the supreme court of the state of Utah. See 43 Pac. 620. J. L. Raw

POTSDAMER V. UNITED STATES. (June 4, 1897.) No. 226. In error to the circuit court of the United States for the Southern district of Florida. John E. Hartridge, for plaintiff in error. The Attorney General and Sol. Gen. Conrad, for the United States. No opinion. Dismissed pursuant to the twentyeighth rule.

PURDY et al. v. UNITED STATES. (October 27, 1897.) No. 74. Appeal from the court of private land claims. Thomas B. Catron and James W. Vroom, for appellants. The Attorney General, for the United States. No opinion. Dismissed pursuant to the tenth rule.

REAVES 7. OLIVER. (November 1, 1897.) No. 60. In error to and appeal from the supreme court of the territory of Oklahoma. See 41 Pac. 353. Frank B. Crosthwaite, for plaintiff in error and appellant. No opinion. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction, because the order or decree sought to be reviewed was interlocutory, and not final, on the authority of Acts September 24, 1789, c. 20. § 13 (22 Stat. 81, 84); March 3, 1803, c. 40 (2 Stat. 244); Rev. St. §§ 691, 692; Act March 3, 1891, c. 517 (26 Stat. 826); Forgay v. Conrad, 6 How. 201, 205; McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661, 12 Sup. Ct. 118; American Const. Co. v. Jacksonville, T. & K. W. Ry. Co., 148 U. S. 373, 378, 13 Sup. Ct. 758; Smith v. Iron Works, 165 U. S. 518, 524, 17 Sup. Ct. 407.

RITCHIE v. MCMULLEN et al. (November 4, 1897.) No. 489. Benjamin Butterworth and J. M. Wilson, for petitioner. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit denied. See 25 C. C. A. 50, 79 Fed. 522.

ROCKER SPRING CO. v. THOMAS. (October 25, 1897.) No. 477. Ephraim Banning and Thomas A. Banning, for petitioner. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit denied. See 23 C. C. A. 211, 77 Fed. 420.

ROEMER v. PEDDIE et al. (October 25, 1897.) No. 485. William Roemer, pro se. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Third circuit denied. See 26 C. C. A. 440, 81 Fed. 380.

RONDOT v. ROGERS TP. (October 25, 1897.) No. 460. James T. Keena, for petitioner. Henry M. Duffield, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Sixth circuit denied. See 25 C. C. A. 145, 79 Fed. 676.

ROUSE v. HARRY. (November 9, 1897.) No. 118. In error to the supreme court of the state of Kansas. See 40 Pac. 1007. James Hagerman and T. N. Sedgwick, for plaintiff in error. John M. Thurston, for defendant in error. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, pursuant to the tenth rule.

ROWELL v. WOODWARD. (January 13, 1898.) No. 214. In error to the supreme court of the state of Washington. See 44 Pac. 860.

James B. Howe, for plaintiff in error. Edward B. Whitney, for defendant in error. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of counsel for the plaintiff in error.

ST. PAUL, M. & M. RY. CO. v. SAGE. (May 2, 1898.) No. 257. Appeal from the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit. See 17 C. C. A. 558, 71 Fed. 40. M. D. Grover and George B. Young, for appellant. No opinion. Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. A. B. Browne, in behalf of counsel for appellant.

ST. PAUL & N. P. R. CO. v. ST. PAUL, M. & M. RY. CO. (November 4, 1897.) No. 122. Appeal from the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit. See 15 C. C. A. 167, 68 Fed. 2. C. W. Bunn and F. M. Dudley, for appellant. George B. Young and M. D. Grover, for appellee. No opinion. Decree affirmed, with costs, by consent of Mr. C. W. Bunn, of counsel for the appellant,_and cause remanded to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Minnesota.

SAWYER et al. v. KOCHERSPERGER, County Treasurer. (April 25, 1898.) No. 463. In error to the circuit court of the United States for the district of Illinois. Wm. D. Guthrie and Benjamin Harrison, for plaintiffs in error. Edward C. Akin and Thomas A. Moran, for defendant in error.

Mr. Justice McKENNA. This was a petition by Kochersperger, as county treasurer and collector of Cook county, Ill., filed in the county court of that county, against Elizabeth E. Sawyer and others, seeking the collection of certain taxes. The case was removed into the circuit court of the United States, but improvidently, as it falls within the rule laid down in Tennessee v. Union & Planters' Bank, 152 U. S. 454, 14 Sup. Ct. 654, notwithstanding the petition stated that defendants declined to pay on the ground that the law imposing the taxes was in violation of the constitution of the United States.

Decree reversed, and cause remanded to the circuit court, with a direction to remand the case to the county court of Cook county, the costs of this court and of the circuit court to be paid by plaintiffs in error.

SCHOFIELD v. FOLSOM. (November 15, 1897.) No. 111. In error to the supreme court of the territory of New Mexico. See 38 Pac.

251. Wm. B. Childers, for plaintiff In error. Frank W. Clancy and Neill B. Field, for defendant in error. No opinion. Dismissed for the want of jurisdiction, on the authority of Mining Co. v. Starr, 141 U. S. 222, 11 Sup. Ct. 914.

SMILEY V. BARKER. (January 17, 1898.) No. 562. Frederic H. Bacon, for petitioner. T. F. Burke and B. F. Fowler, for respondent. No opinion. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States circuit court of appeals for the Eighth circuit denied. See 28 C. C. A. 9, 83 Fed. 684. Mr. Justice BREWER took no part in the disposition of this application.

SMITH V. NAPHTALY. (February 28, 1898.) No. 181. Appeal from the circuit court of appeals of the United States for the Ninth circuit. Henry F. Crane, for appellant. A. T. Britton and A. R. Browne, for appellee.

Mr. Justice PECKHAM delivered the opinion of the court.

In this case counsel for the appellant concedes that if the court should hold that the sale of the land mentioned in the patent involved in the foregoing case (18 Sup. Ct. 354) were a valid sale, then the judgment in this case should be affirmed. As we do so hold, the judgment herein is therefore affirmed.

SOUTHERN EXP. CO. WEALTH OF VIRGINIA ex rel. McCOL GAN. (November 1, 1897.) No. 63. In error to the supreme court of appeals of the state of Virginia. F. S. Blair, for plaintiff in error. J. J. A. Powell, for defendant in error. No opinion. Judgment affirmed, with costs and interest, on the authority of Railway Co. v. Wellman, 143 U. S. 339, 12 Sup. Ct. 400.