252 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. DECISIONS PER CURIAM, FROM MARCH 1, 1920, TO AND INCLUDING APRIL 19, 1920, NOT INCLUDING ACTION ON PETITIONS FOR WRITS OF CERTIORARI. No. 418. PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF AMERICA v. ROBERT T. CHEEK. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Missouri. Motion to dismiss submitted March 1, 1920. Decided March 8, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Schlosser v. Hemphill, 198 U. S. 173, 175; Louisiana Navigation Co. v. Oyster Commission of Louisiana, 226 U. S. 99, 101; Grays Harbor Co. v. Coats-Fordney Co., 243 U. S. 251, 255; Bruce v. Tobin, 245 U. S. 18, 19. Mr. Samuel W. Fordyce, Jr., and Mr. Thomas W. White for plaintiff in error. Mr. Frederick H. Bacon for defendant in error. No. 669. GULF & SHIP ISLAND RAILROAD COMPANY ET AL. v. CARL BOONE ET AL., ETC. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Mississippi. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted March 1, 1920. Decided March 8, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of McCorquodale v. Texas, 211 U. S. 432; Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 326, 334; St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. v. Shepherd, 240 U. S. 240, 241; Bilby v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255, 257. Mr. T. J. Wills and Mr. B. E. Eaton for plaintiffs in error. Mr. George Anderson for defendants in error. No. 692. CHEATHAM ELECTRIC SWITCHING DEVICE COMPANY V. TRANSIT DEVELOPMENT COMPANY ET AL. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 252 U.S. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of New York. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted March 1, 1920. Decided March 8, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of Aspen Mining & Smelting Co. v. Billings, 150 U. S. 31, 37; Brown v. Alton Water Co., 222 U. S. 325, 332–334; Metropolitan Water Co. v. Kaw Valley District, 223 U. S. 519, 522; Shapiro v. United States, 235 U. S. 412, 416. And see Red Jacket, Jr., Coal Co. v. United Thacker Coal Co., 248 U. S. 531. Mr. Albert M. Austin for appellant. Mr. Thomas J. Johnston for appellees. No. UNION TRUST COMPANY v. WOODWARD & LOTHROP. Petition for allowance of an appeal herein submitted March 1, 1920. Denied March 8, 1920. Mr. William G. Johnson for petitioner. No. Original. Ex parte; IN THE MATTER OF JAMES F. BISHOP, ADMINISTRATOR, ETC., PETITIONER. Motion for leave to file a petition for a writ of prohibition herein submitted March 1, 1920. Denied March 8, 1920. `Mr. Harry W. Standidge for petitioner. No. 312. JOHN M. TANANEVICZ v. PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Illinois. Motion to dismiss submitted March 8, 1920. Decided March 15, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of: (1) Consolidated Turnpike Co. v. Norfolk, etc., Ry. Co., 228 U. S. 326, 334; St. Louis & San Francisco R. R. Co. v. Shepherd, 252 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 240 U. S. 240, 241; Bilby v. Stewart, 246 U. S. 255, 257. (2) Brolan v. United States, 236 U. S. 216, 218; United Surety Co. v. American Fruit Co., 238 U. S. 140, 142; Sugarman v. United States, 249 U. S. 182, 184. (3) Section 237 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, § 2, 39 Stat. 726. Mr. Emory J. Smith for plaintiff in error. Mr. Edward J. Brundage and Mr. Edward C. Fitch for defendant in error. No. 262. VIRGINIA AND WEST VIRGINIA COAL COMPANY v. GREEN CHARLES. Error to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Motion to dismiss submitted March 8, 1920. Decided March 15, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of: (1) Section 128 of the Judicial Code; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 568; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; St. Anthony Church v. Pennsylvania R. R. Co., 237 U. S. 575, 577; Delaware, Lackawanna & Western R. R. Co. v. Yurkonis, 238 U.S. 439, 444. (2) Spencer v. Duplan Silk Co., 191 U. S. 526, 530; Devine v. Los Angeles, 202 U. S. 313, 333; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569. Mr. A. M. Beicher and Mr. S. B. Avis for plaintiff in error. Mr. William H. Werth, Mr. A. S. Higenbotham and Mr. Edgar Lee Greever for defendant in error. No. 230. C. C. TAFT COMPANY v. STATE OF IOWA. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. Argued March 12, 1920. Decided March 15, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, § 6, 39 Stat. 726, 727. Mr. Fred P. Carr and Mr. Robert M. Haines for plaintiff in error, submitted. Mr. F. C. David Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 252 U. S. son, with whom Mr. H. M. Havner was on the brief, for defendant in error. No. 236. JAMES P. PARSONS v. WILLIAM H. MOOR ET AL. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Argued March 12, 1920. Decided March 15, 1920. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of § 237 of the Judicial Code, as amended by the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, § 2, 39 Stat. 726. Mr. Charles F. Carusi and Mr. C. A. Thacher, for plaintiff in error, submitted. Mr. Herbert P. Whitney for defendants in error. No., Original. STATE OF NEW JERSEY v. A. MIT Chell Palmer, ATTORNEY GENERAL, ET AL. On motion for leave to file original bill. Motion submitted March 8, 1920. Order entered March 15, 1920. ORDER. Application for leave to file bill granted and process ordered; but should the Attorney General be advised to move to dismiss, a motion to advance the hearing on the motion to dismiss to the earliest practicable day will be entertained, in order that the issues arising from such motion may be considered in connection with the controversies now under advisement resulting from the original bill filed by the State of Rhode Island and other causes involving kindred questions which are now also under submission. Mr. Thomas F. McCran for complainant. No. 111. UNION PACIFIC COAL COMPANY v. MARK A. SKINNER, COLLECTOR OF INTERNAL REVENUE. Certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit. Submitted December 19, 1919. Decided March |