Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U.S. The Solicitor General and Mr. Archibald A. Lee for appellees. No. 59. BELLOWS FALLS POWER COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. In error to the Supreme Judicial Court of the State of Massachusetts. Argued November 16, 1917. Decided November 19, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Equitable Life Assurance Society v. Brown, 187 U. S. 308, 314; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Manhattan Life Insurance Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 137; Easterling Lumber Co. v. Pierce, 235 U. S. 380. See Hamilton Company v. Massachusetts, 6 Wall. 632. Mr. Richard Y. FitzGerald for plaintiff in error. Mr. Henry C. Attwill and Mr. William Harold Hitchcock for defendant in error. No. 49. FRANCIS STEPHEN MEDCRAF, APPELLANT, v. ROBERT T. HODGE, AS SHERIFF of King County, WashINGTON. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Washington. Argued November 14, 15, 1917. Decided November 19, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Ex parte Royall, 117 U. S. 241, 251; In re Frederich, 149 U. S. 70, 77; Markuson v. Boucher, 175 U. S. 184; Urquhart v. Brown, 205 U. S. 179; Frank v. Mangum, 237 U. S. 309, 328, 329. Mr. Cassius E. Gates and Mr. W. B. Stratton for appellant. Mr. Alfred C. Lundin and Mr. H. M. Caldwell for appellee. No. 42. AMERICAN RADIATOR COMPANY, PLAintiff in ERROR, v. JOHN F. ROGGE, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ES 245 U. S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. TATE OF JOHN F. ROGGE, JR., DECEASED. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of New Jersey. Argued November 12, 13, 1917. Decided November 19, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Haire v. Rice, 204 U. S. 291; Thomas v. Iowa, 209 U. S. 258; Appleby v. Buffalo, 221 U. S. 524, 529. Mr. Franklin W. Fort, Mr. John Franklin Fort and Mr. J. G. Shipman for plaintiff in error. Mr. John K. English for defendant in error. No. 69. ENTERPRISE RAILWAY EQUIPMENT COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. NORFOLK & WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Submitted November 16, 1917. Decided November 19, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry. Co., 205 U. S. 530; W. S. Tyler Co. v. Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co., 236 U. S. 723. Mr. H. N. Low and Mr. George I. Haight for appellant. Mr. Theodore W. Reath and Mr. Robert J. Fisher for appellee. No. 47. CHICAGO CAR HEATING COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. GOLD CAR HEATING & LIGHTING COMPANY. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. Submitted November 9, 1917. Decided November 19, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Green v. Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Ry. Co., 205 U. S. 530; W. S. Tyler Co. v. Ludlow-Saylor Wire Co., 236 U. S. 723. Mr. Otto Raymond Barnett for appellant. Mr. William A. Redding, Mr. Edward Rector and Mr. Arthur C. Frazer for appellee. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U.S. No. 46. GERMANIA REFINING COMPANY ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. ORAMEL B. FULLER, AUDITOR GENERAL ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Michigan. Argued November 14, 1917. Decided November 19, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of American Refrigerator Transit Co. v. Hall, 174 U. S. 70; Union Refrigerator Transit Co. v. Lynch, 177 U. S. 149. Mr. Charles D. Chamberlin for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Alexander J. Groesbeck and Mr. Samuel D. Pepper for defendants in error, submitted. No. 57. CINCINNATI, HAMILTON & DAYTON RAILWAY COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JOSEPH M. MCCOLLUM, ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF JOSEPH WILLIAM ROEBUCK. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. Submitted November 13, 1917. Decided November 26, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Louisville & Nashville R. R. Co. v. Melton, 218 U. S. 36, 52, 53; Lindsley v. Natural Carbonic Gas Co., 220 U. S. 61, 78; Mutual Loan Co. v. Martell, 222 U. S. 225, 235; St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co. v. Arkansas, 240 U. S. 518. Mr. Morison R. Waite and Mr. Harvey J. Elam for plaintiff in error. Mr. Merrill Moores for defendant in error. No. 163. JOHN E. ROLLER, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CHARLES CATLETT, TRUSTEE. In error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. Motion to dismiss submitted November 26, 1917. Decided December 10, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk &c. 245 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14. Mr. John E. Roller pro se. Mr. Rudolph Bumgardner for defendant in error. No. 507. ELINA SKARDERUD, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. TAX COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Dakota. Submitted November 23, 1917. Decided December 10, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Duus v. Brown, this day decided, ante, 176. Mr. Edward Engerud for plaintiff in error. Mr. William Langer for defendant in error. No. 83. MENASHA WOODEN WARE COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MINNEAPOLIS, ST. PAUL & SAULT STE. MARIE RAILWAY. In error to the Circuit Court of Winnebago County, State of Wisconsin. Argued November 23, 1917. Decided December 10, 1917. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Armour Packing Co. v. United States, 209 U. S. 56, 80 et seq.; Louis. & Nash. R. R. Co. v. Mottley, 219 U. S. 467; Portland Railway &c. Co. v. Railroad Commission of Oregon, 229 U. S. 397, 412, 413; New York Central & Hudson River R. R. Co. v. Gray, 239 U. S. 583. Mr. A. E. Thompson and Mr. J. C. Thompson for plaintiff in error, submitted. Mr. William A. Hayes and Mr. Alfred H. Bright for defendant in error. No. 601. MIDLAND VALLEY RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. MRS. MAUDE GRIFFITH, ADMINIS Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U.S. TRATRIX, ETC. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Kansas. Motion to dismiss or affirm and for damages submitted December 10, 1917. Decided December 17, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction with five per cent. damages, upon the authority of § 237, Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of Congress of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726; Prairie Oil & Gas Co. v. Carter, 244 U. S. 646. (Petition for a writ of certiorari denied October 15, 1917, infra, 653.) Mr. L. T. Michener for plaintiff in error. Mr. W. L. Cunningham and Mr. C. T. Atkinson for defendant in error. No. 697. SIDNEY J. BROOKS, RECEIVER, ETC., APPELLANT, v. EMPIRE TRUST COMPANY ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Motion to dismiss submitted December 10, 1917. Decided December 17, 1917. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Rouse v. Letcher, 156 U. S. 47; Gregory v. Van Ee, 160 U. S. 643; St. Louis, K. C. & C. R. R. Co. v. Wabash R. R. Co., 217 U. S. 247, 250; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561; (2) Gumbel v. Pitkin, 113 U. S. 545; Rouse v. Letcher, 156 U. S. 47, 60; Carey v. Houston & Texas Central R. Co., 161 U. S. 115. Mr. Joseph W. Bailey and Mr. Chester H. Terrell for appellant. Mr. Thomas H. Franklin and Mr. Stephen H. Olin for appellees. No. 90. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF THE COUNTY OF DOUGLAS, STATE OF COLORADO, ET AL. Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Argued December 14, |