Decisions Granting Certiorari. 270 U.S. 147. Mr. Lloyd L. Duke for plaintiff in error. Messrs. Benjamin J. Gibson and Neill Garrett for defendant in error. No. 158. RANDOLPH HENRY, TRUSTEE IN BANKRUPTCY OF THE ESTATE OF FREE SERVICE PHARMACY, INC., BANKRUPT, v. W. A. IRWIN AND THOMAS E. PAYNE. Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. Submitted March 22, 1926. Decided April 12, 1926. Per Curiam. Dismissed upon the authority of McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 181; Western Union Tel. Co. v. Ann Arbor R. R. Co., 178 U. S. 239, 243; Spencer v. Duplan Silk Co., 191 U. S. 526, 530; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 147; (2) California Powder Works v. Davis & Co., 151 U. S. 389, 393; Gaar, Scott & Co. v. Shannon, 223 U. S. 468, 470; Consol. Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk & Ocean View R. R. Co., 228 U. S. 596, 599; Yazoo & Miss. Valley R. R. Co. v. Brewer, 231 U. S. 245, 249; Cuyahoga River Power Co. v. Northern Realty Co., 244 U. S. 300, 303; Municipal Securities Corp. v. Kansas City, 246 U. S. 63; Bilby v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255, 257; Farson, Son & Co. v. Bird, 248 U. S. 268, 271. Mr. Randolph Henry for plaintiff in error. Messrs. Harvey B. Apperson and Charles D. Fox, Jr., for defendants in error. PETITIONS FOR CERTIORARI GRANTED, FROM JANUARY 12, 1926, TO AND INCLUDING APRIL 12, 1926, No. 847. UNITED STATES, EX REL. SKINNER & EDDY CORPORATION, v. J. R. McCARL, COMPTROLLER GENERAL OF THE UNITED STATES. January 18, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District 270 U.S. Decisions Granting Certiorari. of Columbia granted. Messrs. Louis Titus and J. Barrett Carter for petitioner. Solicitor General Mitchell for respondent. NO. 836. YANKTON SIOUX TRIBE OF INDIANS v. UNITED STATES. January 18, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims granted. Mr. Jennings C. Wise for petitioner. Solicitor General Mitchell for the United States. No. 839. PORTNEUF MARSH VALLEY CANAL COMPANY V. HOWARD W. BROWN AND JOHN R. CHAPIN, AS TRUSTEES. January 18, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. J. H. Peterson, T. C. Coffin, and D. C. McDougall for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. No. 873. ROSARIO MACCIENO v. UNITED STATES. See ante, p. 629. No. 846. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. GEORGE L. WIMBERLEY, JR., ADMINISTRATOR, ETC. March 8, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of North Carolina granted. Mr. Thomas W. Davis for petitoner. Mr. Joseph B. Ramsey for respondent. March No. 860. TOXAWAY MILLS v. UNITED STATES 3, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Claims granted. Messrs. James Craig Peacock and John W. Townsend for petitioner. Solicitor General Mitchell and Assistant Attorney General Galloway for the United States. Decisions Granting Certiorari. 270 U.S. No. 901. BALTIMORE STEAMSHIP COMPANY ET AL. V. VERNON PHILLIPS, AN INFANT, BY VERNON PHILLIPS, HIS GUARDIAN AD LITEM. March 3, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Solicitor General Mitchell and Mr. Chauncey G. Parker for petitioners. Mr. Vernon S. Jones for respondent. No. 921. FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION v. AMERICAN TOBACCO COMPANY. March 8, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted. Solicitor General Mitchell and Messrs. Bayard T. Hainer and Adrien F. Busick for petitioner. Messrs. Junius Parker and Jonathan H. Holmes for respondent. No. 923. ANDREW W. MELLON, AS DIRECTOR GENERAL OF RAILROADS, v. LEAH M. GRAY, ADMINISTRÁTRIX OF THE ESTATE OF GLEN E. GRAY. March 8, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the First Circuit granted. Mr. Merrill Shurtleff for petitioner. Mr. Hollis R. Bailey for respondent. No. 909. E. A. EDENFIELD v. UNITED STATES. March 15, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit granted. Mr. Frank H. Saffold for petitioner. Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt, and Mr. John J. Byrne for the United States. No. 928. GOULD-MERSEREAU COMPANY U. WILLIAMS BROS. AIRCRAFT CORPORATION. March 15, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for 270 U.S. Decisions Granting Certiorari. the Second Circuit granted. Mr. Ernest G. Metcalfe for petitioner. Messrs. Harvey S. Knight and George L. Wilkinson for respondent. No. 972. DAVID W. PHILLIPS, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE FOR THE TWELFTH PENNSYLVANIA DISTRICT, v. INTERNATIONAL SALT COMPANY. March 15, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit granted. Solicitor General Mitchell for petitioner. Mr. Henry B. Twombly for respondent. No. 981. U. SHERMAN JOINES v. WILLIAM M. PATTERSON, DOROTHY A. MCFARLAND, NÉE PATTERSON, SHELBY A. PATTERSON ET AL. March 15, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Oklahoma granted. Mr. William G. Davisson for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. No. 984. INDEPENDENT COAL AND COKE COMPANY AND CARBON COUNTY LAND COMPANY U. UNITED STATES AND CARBON COUNTY. March 22, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Messrs. William D. Riter and Frank K. Nebeker for petitioners. Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Parmenter, and Mr. Harry S. Underwood for the United States. No. 985. EDWARD C. TWIST v. PRAIRIE OIL & GAS COMPANY. March 22, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. D. Hayden Linebaugh for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. Decisions Denying Certiorari. 270 U.S. No. 986. EDWARD C. TWIST, ALBERT T. TWIST, AND JESSIE L. PAYNE, NÉE TWIST v. PRAIRIE OIL & GAS COмPANY. March 22, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit granted. Mr. D. Hayden Linebaugh for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 999. PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM & TRANSPORT COMPANY AND PAN AMERICAN PETROLEUM COMPANY v. UNITED STATES. March 22, 1926. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted. Messrs. Frank J. Hogan, Frederic R. Kellogg, Henry W. O'Melveney, and Walter K. Fuller for petitioners. Messrs. Atlee Pomerene and Owen J. Roberts for the United States... No. 887. NEW YORK CENTRAL RAILROAD COMPANY V. WHEELING CAN COMPANY. April 12, 1926. On petition for writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia. Mr. John C. Palmer, Jr., for petitioner. No appearance for respondents. See post, p. 645. Order denying the petition for certiorari in this case of the date of March 1, 1926, is hereby vacated and it is ordered that a writ of certiorari shall issue thereby making consideration of the petition for rehearing herein unnecessary. PETITIONS FOR CERTIORARI DENIED OR DISMISSED, FROM JANUARY 12, 1926, TO AND INCLUDING APRIL 12, 1926. No. 842. OTTO L. MORRIS v. UNITED STATES. January 18, 1926. Petition for a writ of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit denied. Mr. |