UNITED STATES REPORTS

VOLUME 245

CASES ADJUDGED

IN

THE SUPREME COURT

AT

OCTOBER TERM, 1917

FROM OCTOBER 1, 1917, TO MARCH 4, 1918

ERNEST KNAEBEL

REPORTER

THE BANKS LAW PUBLISHING CO.
NEW YORK

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This volume is printed on acid free paper by WILLIAM S. HEIN & CO., INC.

JUSTICES

OF THE

SUPREME COURT

DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS.1

EDWARD DOUGLASS WHITE, CHIEF JUSTICE.
JOSEPH MCKENNA, Associate Justice.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
WILLIAM R. DAY, ASSOCIate Justice.

WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
MAHLON PITNEY, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

JAMES CLARK MCREYNOLDS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.
LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

JOHN H. CLARKE, ASSOCIATE JUSTICE.

THOMAS WATT GREGORY, ATTORNEY GENERAL.
JOHN WILLIAM DAVIS, SOLICITOR GENERAL.
JAMES D. MAHER, CLERK.

FRANK KEY GREEN, MARSHAL.

1 For allotment of The Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the several circuits see next page.