245 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 1917. Decided January 7, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Phillips v. Negley, 117 U. S. 665, 671; Covington v. First National Bank, 185 U. S. 270; MacFarland v. Byrnes, 187 U. S. 246; United States v. Beatty, 232 U. S. 463. The petition for a writ of certiorari is denied. Mr. S. T. Bledsoe, Mr. Gardiner Lathrop and Mr. Henry T. Rogers for appellant. Mr. A. L. Doud and Mr. B. C. Hilliard for appellees. No. 112. GULF, COLORADO & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. W. E. VASBINDER. In error to the Court of Civil Appeals, Fourth Supreme Judicial District, State of Texas. Argued January 2, 1918. Decided January 7, 1918. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed with costs upon the authority of Adams Express Co. v. Croninger, 226 U. S. 491; Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Ry. Co. v. Robinson, 233 U. S. 173; St. Louis, Iron Mountain & Southern Ry. Co. v. Starbird, 243 U. S. 592; American Express Co. v. United States Horse Shoe Co., 244 U. S. 58. Mr. Alexander Britton, Mr. J. W. Terry, Mr. Gardiner Lathrop, Mr. A. H. Culwell, Mr. 'Evans Browne and Mr. F. W. Clements for plaintiff in error. Mr. R. H. Ward for defendant in error, submitted. No. 607. STATE OF MISSOURI ON THE RELATION OF THE AMERICAN MANUFACTURING COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. GEORGE D. REYNOLDS, ALBERT D. NORTONI, AND WILLIAM H. ALLEN, JUDGES OF THE ST. LOUIS COURT OF APPEALS, AND LOUIS ALT. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Submitted January 2, 1918. Decided January 7, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U.S. § 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; Midland Valley R. R. Co. v. Griffith, ante, 633. (Petition for a writ of certiorari denied October 15, 1917, infra, 650.) Mr. Shepard Barclay for plaintiff in error. Mr. E. C. Slevin for defendants in error. No. 644. MINNIE EVVIA STADELMAN ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR, v. W. H. MINER ET AL. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. Submitted January 2, 1918. Decided January 7, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Haire v. Rice, 204 U. S. 291, 301; Thomas v. Iowa, 209 U. S. 258, 263; Appleby v. Buffalo, 221 U. S. 524, 529; Manhattan Life Ins. Co. v. Cohen, 234 U. S. 123, 134. Mr. John M. Gearin for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Guy C. H. Corliss for defendants in error. No. 108. HARRY SUSMAN, APPELLANT, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF THE SCHOOL DISTRICT OF PITTSBURGH. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. Argued January 2, 1918. Decided January 14, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Witherspoon v. Duncan, 4 Wall. 210, 217; Fallbrook Irrigation District v. Bradley, 164 U. S. 112; Soliah v. Heskin, 222 U. S. 522; (2) Deming v. Carlisle Packing Co., 226 U. S. 102, 105; Consolidated Turnpike v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 600; Ennis Water Works v. Ennis, 233 U. S. 652, 658; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14. Mr. Andrew G. Smith, Mr. W. H. Dodds and Mr. James M. Beck for appellant. Mr. J. Roger McCreary and Mr. Samuel S. Mehard for appellee. 245 U. S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. No. 125. ARCHIBALD E. BRIGHTMAN, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. LAKE ERIE & WESTERN RAILROAD COMPANY. In error to the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Argued January 7, 1918. Decided January 14, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Hannis Distilling Co. v. Baltimore, 216 U. S. 285; Fay v. Crozer, 217 U. S. 455; Hendricks v. United States, 223 U. S. 178, 184; (2) St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. Co. v. James, 161 U. S. 545; Southern Ry. Co. v. Allison, 190 U. S. 236; Sun Printing & Publishing Association v. Edwards, 194 U. S. 377, 381; Missouri Pacific Ry. Co. v. Castle, 224 U. S. 541, 546. Mr. William V. Rooker for plaintiff in error. Mr. Samuel D. Miller, Mr. W. H. Thompson, Mr. John B. Cockrum and Mr. W. H. H. Miller for defendant in error. No. 116. POLICE JURY OF THE PARISH OF ACADIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. CITY OF CROWLEY. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. Argued January 4, 1918. Decided January 21, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Braxton County Court v. West Virginia, 208 U. S. 192; McCandless v. Pratt, 211 U. S. 437; Marshall v. Dye, 231 U. S. 250; Stewart v. Kansas City, 239 U. S. 14. Mr. A. P. Holt and Mr. P. J. Chappuis for plaintiff in error. Mr. Philip S. Pugh and Mr. James E. Zunts for defendant in error. No. 202. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ELLA DUTTON, AS ADMINISTRATRIX OF THE ESTATE OF LEE DUTTON, DECEASED. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina. Argued January 18, 1918. Decided January 21, Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 245 U. S. 1918. Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed with costs upon the authority of Chicago Junction Ry. Co. v. King, 222 U. S. 222; Seaboard Air Line Ry. v. Padgett, 236 U. S. 668; Great Northern Ry. Co. v. Knapp, 240 U. S. 464; Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co. v. Whitacre, 242 U. S. 169; Southern Ry. Co. v. Puckett, 244 U. S. 571, 574. Mr. P. A. Willcox, Mr. Lucian W. McLemore, Mr. Frederic D. McKenney and Mr. J. S. Flannery for plaintiff in error. Mr. L. D. Jennings and Mr. A. S. Harby for defendant in error. No. 391. RAILROAD COMMISSION OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. ATCHISON, TOPEKA & SANTA FE RAILWAY COMPANY. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of California. Argued January 18, 1918. Decided January 21, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U. S. 112, 116; Leathe v. Thomas, 207 U. S. 93; Holden Land Co. v. InterState Trading Co., 233 U. S. 536, 541; Mellon Co. v. McCafferty, 239 U. S. 134; (2) § 237, Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of Congress of September 6, 1916, c. 448, 39 Stat. 726; Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. Gilbert, 245 U. S. 162. Mr. Douglas Brookman and Mr. Max Thelen for plaintiff in error. Mr. Robert Dunlap, Mr. E. W. Camp, Mr. E. S. Pillsbury and Mr. Gardiner Lathrop for defendant in error. No. 525. CAREY W. STONE, GUARDIAN OF THOMAS S. STONE, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. EMMETT P. STONE, NEXT FRIEND OF THOMAS S. STONE. In error to the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina. Argued January 18, 1918. Decided January 21, 1918. Per Curiam. 245 U. S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction 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; Midland Valley R. R. Co. v. Griffith, ante, 633. Mr. Clyde A. Douglass, Mr. William C. Douglass, and Mr. Murray Allen for plaintiff in error. Mr. R. W. Winston and Mr. Moses N. Amis for defendant in error. No. 534. PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO ET AL., APPELLANTS, v. CARLOS TAPIA. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Porto Rico. Argued January 17, 18, 1918. Decided January 21, 1918. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed upon the authority of Downes v. Bidwell, 182 U. S. 244; Hawaii v. Mankichi, 190 U. S. 197; Dorr v. United States, 195 U. S. 138; Rass'mussen v. United States, 197 U. S. 516; Kopel v. Bingham, 211 U. S. 468; Dowdell v. United States, 221 U. S. 91; Porto Rico v. Rosaly, 227 U. S. 270, 274; Ocampo v. United States, 234 U. S. 91, 98. Mr. Edward S. Bailey, Mr. Samuel T. Ansell, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren and Mr. Robert Szold for appellants. Mr. Willis Sweet and Mr. Francis H. Dexter for appellee. No. 647. PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS IN ERROR AND PETITIONERS, v. JOSE MURATTI. In error to and on writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Porto Rico. Argued January 17, 18, 1918. Decided January 21, 1918. Per Curiam. Judgment reversed upon the authority of People of Porto Rico v. Tapia, just decided, supra, this page, and authorities therein cited. Mr. Edward S. Bailey, Mr. Samuel T. Ansell, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Warren and Mr. Robert Szold for plaintiffs in error and |