Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court. 263 U.S.

No. 287. SAMUEL GREENBERG ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. On petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. November 12, 1923. Dismissed, on motion of counsel for petitioners. Mr. John H. Bruninga for petitioners. The Attorney General for the United States.

No. 372. C. E. GAINES v. STATE OF TEXAS. On petition for a writ of certiorari to the Court of Criminal Appeals of the State of Texas. November 12, 1923. Dismissed, per stipulation. Mr. W. W. Nelms for petitioner. Mr. W. A. Keeling for respondent.

No. 12, Original. Ex parte: IN THE MATTER OF MICHAEL QUINN, PETITIONER. Petition for a writ of mandamus. November 19, 1923. Petition dismissed, on motion of counsel for petitioner. Mr. William C. Prentiss for petitioner.

No. 387. MICHAEL HEITLER v. UNITED STATES;

No. 388. NATHANIEL PERLMAN v. UNITED STATES; and No. 389. MANDEL GREENBERG v. UNITED STATES. On petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit. November 26, 1923. Petitions dismissed, on motion of counsel for petitioners. Mr. Weymouth Kirkland for petitioners. Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Crim and Mr. Harry S. Ridgely for the United States.

No. 246. LUCY TOM, NÉE BIGPOND, ET AL. v. C. C. MILLS. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma. January 2, 1924. Dismissed with costs, per stipulation. Mr. Finis E. Riddle and Mr. James J. Mars

263 U.S. Cases Disposed of Without Consideration by the Court.

for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Albert H. Bell and Mr. Ray S. Fellows for defendant in error.

No. 490. LOUISIANA PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION ET AL. v. SHREVEPORT RAILWAYS COMPANY. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. January 2, 1924. Dismissed with costs, per stipulation. Mr. Huey P. Long for appellants. Mr. Wm. H. Armbrecht and Mr. E. H. Randolph for appellee.

No. 687. HAMILTON F. KEAN ET AL. v. NATIONAL CITY BANK. On petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. January 2, 1924. Dismissed, on motion of counsel for petitioners. Mr. William H. FitzHugh for petitioners. No appearance for respondent.

No. 149. JAMES C. DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, ETC. v. SAMUEL WECHSLER. On writ of certiorari to the Kansas City Court of Appeals of the State of Missouri. January 7, 1924. Reversed with costs, and cause remanded for further proceedings, per stipulation. Mr. O. H. Dean, Mr. H. M. Langworthy and Mr. Roy B. Thomson for petitioner. Mr. William S. Hogsett, Mr. Murat Boyle and Mr. Mont T. Prewitt for respondent.

No. 669. HON. EDWARD E. CUSHMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, ETC. v. PACIFIC TELEPHONE & TELEGRAPH COMPANY. On petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit. January 7, 1924. Petition dismissed, on motion of counsel for petitioner. Mr. Raymond W. Clifford and Mr. Thos. J. L. Kennedy for petitioner. Mr. C. M. Bracelen, Mr. Otto

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263 U.S.

B. Rupp, Mr. H. D. Pillsbury, Mr. Frank T. Post and Mr. W. V. Tanner for respondent.

No. 459. CITY OF JACKSON V. LAMAR LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL.; and

No. 460. CITY OF JACKSON v. MISSISSIPPI FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ET AL. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. January 14, 1924. Dismissed with costs, on motion of Mr. Garner W. Green and Mr. Marcellus Green for plaintiff in error. Mr. J. Morgan Stevens for defendants in error.

No. 210. THOMAS M. BLAKE v. UNITED STATES. APpeal from the Court of Claims. January 28, 1924. Dismissed, on motion of counsel for appellant. Mr. Jennings C. Wise for appellant. The Attorney General for the United States.

CASES DISPOSED OF IN VACATION.

No. 338. FREDERIC SCHUTTE, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., ET AL. V. THOMAS W. MILLER, AS ALIEN PROPERTY CUSTODIAN, ET AL. Appeal from the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. June 28, 1923. Dismissed pursuant to the 28th Rule. Mr. John Wilson Brown III and Mr. Alfred K. Nippert for appellants. The Attorney General for appellees.

No. 52. MACHINERY & METALS SALES COMPANY, ETC. v. UNITED STATES. Appeal from the Court of Claims. July 5, 1923. Dismissed pursuant to the 28th Rule. Mr. W. E. Humphrey and Mr. Wm. C. Prentiss for appellant. Mr. Solicitor General Beck, Mr. Assistant Attorney General Lovett and Mr. W. W. Dyar for the United States.

INDEX.

ABANDONMENT. See Patents for Inventions, 3; Public

Lands, III, 6.

Page.

ACCOUNTANTS. See Constitutional Law, VI; XIII, 5.

ACCOUNTING. See Equity, 4.

ADEQUATE LEGAL REMEDY. See Equity, 1-3.

ADMINISTRATION.

See Executors and Administrators;

Trusts and Trustees; Wills.

ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS. See Aliens, 1-8; Canal
Zone, 1, 2; Constitutional Law, VI; XIII, 2, 3, 5, 11, 15,
17; Equity, 2, 3; Interstate Commerce Acts, II; Jurisdic-
tion, I, 2; IV, 10, 20; Navy, 2-6; Public Lands, I; Unfair
Competition.

ADMIRALTY:

Shipping Commissioners Act; rights of seamen under. See
Street v. Shipowners' Assn..

334

1. Rules, of this Court, for inferior tribunals in admiralty,
cannot enlarge or restrict jurisdiction, or modify substantive
law. Washington-Southern Co. v. Baltimore Co.......... 629
2. Cross-Libel; Security; Rule 50. Power of District Court
to stay proceedings on original libel until libelant shall give
security to respond to counterclaim. Id.

3. Freight Contract; Stowage. Preliminary contract giving
ship option as to place of stowage; subsequent issuance of
clean bill of lading as representation that stowage will be
below deck. St. Johns Shipping Corp. v. Companhia
Geral...

4. Id. Deviation; Measure of Damages. Cargo stowed on
deck and jettisoned during storm; ship liable for deviation;
damages measured by value at destination. Id.

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ADMIRALTY-Continued.

Page.

5. Marine and War Risk Insurance. "Warlike Operations"
clause construed narrowly; applicable only to proximate
cause of loss. Queen Ins. Co. v. Globe & Rutgers Co...... 487

6. Id. Loss from collision between merchant vessels under
convoy and sailing without lights, held not attributable to
warlike operations. Id.

7. Id. English Law. Special reasons for following. Id.

ADMISSIONS. See Aliens, 4-8; Evidence, 2.

ADVERSE POSSESSION:

1. Canal Zone; Civ. Code, Arts. 2531, 2526. Owner of
registered title in possession for period of extraordinary pre-
scription, cannot be disseized by registration of conveyance
by stranger to title and subsequent lapse of period of ordi-
nary prescription. Diaz v. Patterson...

2. Id. Notice to Unknown Claimants. Failure of court to
order, will not avail plaintiff who fails to establish title in
himself. Id.

AGENCY. See Interstate Commerce, 1.

AGENT, TRANSPORTATION ACT. See Carriers, 4-7;
Jurisdiction, VI, 5, 6.

ALASKA. See Taxation, III.

ALIENS:

1. Deportation; Issue of Alienage. When a jurisdictional
fact, which must be found, to sustain deportation. Bilo-
kumsky v. Tod......

2. Id. Burden of Proof, on Government. Id.

3. Habeas Corpus lies when essential finding of fact unsup-
ported by evidence. When person held not entitled to dis-
charge because warrant of arrest issued without probable
cause. Id.

4. Self-Incrimination; Sedition. Admission of Alienage, does
not incriminate person arrested and charged with possessing
seditious matter. Id.

5. Id. Person arrested may be compelled to testify whether
he is an alien; inference from standing mute. Id.

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