245 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. Decided January 28, 1918. Per Curiam. 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; Philadelphia & Reading Coal & Iron Co. v. Gilbert, 245 U. S. 162. Mr. James C. Jones and Mr. Harry B. Arnold for plaintiff in error. Mr. Smith W. Bennett for defendants in error. No. 369. EL PASO SASH AND DOOR COMPANY, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. E. M. CARRAWAY. In error to the Court of Civil Appeals for the Eighth Supreme Judicial District of the State of Texas. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted January 28, 1918. Decided February 4, 1918. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) McCorquodale v. Texas, 211 U. S. 432, 437; Waters-Pierce Oil Co. v. Texas, 212 U. S. 112, 118; Kansas City Star Co. v. Julian, 215 U. S. 589; St. Louis & San Francisco Ry. Co. v. Shepherd, 240 U. S. 240, 241; (2) Miller v. Cornwall R. R. Co., 168 U. S. 131, 134; Harding v. Illinois, 196 U. S. 78, 84 et seq.; Bowe v. Scott, 233 U. S. 658, 664, 665. Mr. Charles B. Braun for plaintiff in error. Mr. Frank G. Morris for defendant in error. DECISIONS ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI, FROM OCTOBER 1, 1917, TO MARCH 4, 1918. No. 557. GUERINI STONE COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. P. J. CARLIN CONSTRUCTION COMPANY. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. Mr. Ed Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 245 U. S. ward S. Paine for petitioner. Mr. Charles Hartzell for respondent. No. 568. INTERNATIONAL NEWS SERVICE, PETITIONER, V. THE ASSOCIATED PRESS. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Samuel Untermyer, Mr. Henry A. Wise, Mr. Louis Marshall and Mr. William A. DeFord for petitioner. Mr. F. B. Jennings, Mr. Peter S. Grosscup and Mr. Winfred T. Denison for respondent. No. 385. MOBILE TOWING & WRECKING COMPANY, PETITIONER, V. THE STEAMSHIP SAN CRISTOBAL, ETC. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Hannis Taylor and Mr. Palmer Pillans for petitioner. Mr. Gregory L. Smith for respondent. No. 487. BOB BRAZIEL, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Theodore Mack and Mr. David B. Trammell, II, for petitioner. No brief for the United States. No. 488. NORTHWESTERN CONSOLIDATED MILLING COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. CHICAGO, BURLINGTON & QUINCY RAILROAD COMPANY. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of 245 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. Minnesota denied. Mr. William Furst for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 511. BANK OF INVERNESS, PETITIONER, v. WILLIAM T. HAYDEN. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. John W. Cutrer and Mr. O. G. Johnston for petitioner. Mr. Gerald FitzGerald for respondent. No. 515. TWEEDIE TRADING COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Ferdinand E. M. Bullowa and Mr. R. J. M. Bullowa for petitioner. The Solicitor General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson for the United States. No. 528. JOHN E. ROLLER, PETITIONER, v. MARY H. MURRAY ET AL. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia denied. Mr. E. Hilton Jackson for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. No. 529. NORTHERN CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Francis I. Gowen and Mr. Frederic D. McKenney for petitioner. Mr. Assistant to the Attorney General Todd for the United States. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. 245 U. S. No. 530. SAFETY CAR HEATING & LIGHTING COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. GOULD COUPLER COMPANY. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the District Court of the United States for the Western District of New York denied. Mr. Thomas J. Johnston, Mr. R. S. Blair and Mr. D. G. Haynes for petitioner. Mr. William Houston Kenyon for respondent. No. 531. CHARLES W. ANDERSON, AS COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE, ETC., PETITIONER, v. LA ROSE CONSOLIDATED MINES COMPANY. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. The Solicitor General for petitioner. Mr. Richard T. Greene for respondent. No. 537. NOAH PARNOSKI, BY THOMAS TIGER, GUARDIAN, ETC., PETITIONER, v. LUCINDA LUMKIN, FOR THE USE AND BENEFIT OF ROBERT FRY ET AL. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma denied. Mr. R. C. Allen for petitioner. Mr. A. J. Biddison for respondent. No. 538. E. T. THURSTON, PETITIONER, v. UNITED STATES. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. George G. Clough and Mr. John Ridout for petitioner. The Solicitor General for the United States. No. 548. WILLIAM T. ABBOTT, PETITIONER, v. WAUCHULA MANUFACTURING & TIMBER COMPANY ET AL. 245 U. S. Decisions on Petitions for Writs of Certiorari. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. George H. Lamar for petitioner. Mr. James F. Glen for respondents. No. 549. THOMAS J. SCULLY, CLAIMANT OF THE Barge I. F. CHAPMAN, PETITIONER, v. JACOB KAZARIAN. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit denied. Mr. James J. Macklin and Mr. Frank V. Barns for petitioner. Mr. Alexander L. Churchill and Mr. Frank Healy for respondent. No. 552. FRED B. JONES, PETITIONER, V. BOUKER CONTRACTING COMPANY, CLAIMANT, ETC. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied. Mr. Fayette B. Dow for petitioner. Mr. Francis Martin for respondent. No. 553. FREDERICK LEYLAND & COMPANY (LTD.) ET AL., PETITIONERS, v. BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF THE PORT OF NEW ORLEANS. October 8, 1917. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied. Mr. Henry P. Dart and Mr. Henry P. Dart, Jr., for petitioners. No appearance for respondent. No. 589. BALL ENGINEERING COMPANY, PETITIONER, v. J. G. WHITE & COMPANY. October 15, 1917. 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