Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1912-03-18
THE COURTS
United States Supreme Court.

United States Supreme Court.
Present: The Chief Justice, Mr.. Justice
NICK emma, Mr. Justice Holmes. Mr.. Jus
Hughes. Mr.. Justice Van Devanter. Mr..
Justice Lamar and Mr. Justice Pitney.
| CHARLES g. Baldwin of Baltimore, Nd I;
G. Rtdgely Sappington Of Baltimore. Md. ;
&c; Henry Waldo Greenough of Provi-
dence, r. l.; Joseph Solomon of Wash
ington. D. c.. and j. H. Mclean OF Llano
Tex. were admitted to practice.
The Chief Justice said:
Gentlemen of the bar: 1t Is my privi-
iage to announce that the President OF
the United States has filled the vacancy
on this bench by the appointment of Mr..
Mahion Pitney of New Jersey. Mr.. Pit
ney is present and ready to take the oath
OF office. The clerk will read his COM
mission
The commission was then read and the
oath administered by the clerk. and Mr..
Justice Pitney took his seat on the bench.
No. 16l. Lafayette Campbell ct al,
plaintiffs in error, agt. the United States;
In error to the United States circuit
court of appeals for the eighth district:
judgment of the United States circuit
court of appeals reversed, and judg-
ment of the district court of the United
States for the district of Colorado af-
| frmed. and cause remanded to said dis
trict court; opinion by Mr.. Justice Van
Devanter
No. 96. San Juan Light and Transit
Company, plaintiff, in error, agt. Belen
Requena: In error to the district court
of the United States for Porto Rico;
judgment affirmed. with costs; opinion
by Mr.. Justice Van Devanter
No. 194 Otto II. Beutler. Administered
or, etc. agt. Grand Junction Railway
Company ct al: on certificate from the
United States circuit court of appeals
for the seventh circuit: question certified
answered in the affirmative; opinion by
Mr.. Justice Holmes.
No. Ill. Cassius N. Thomas ct al.
plaintiffs in error, agt. William c. Tay-
Tor: in error to the supreme court of the
state of New York: judgment affirmed,
with costs; opinion by Mr.. Justice Nc
Kenna.
The Chief Justice announced the follow
| ing orders of the court:
Order The reporter having represented
that owing to the number of decisions
at the present term it would be imprac-
ticabie to put the reports in one volume.
| 1t is, therefore, now here ordered that
year pursuant to section 226 of the act
entitled, IAN act to codify revise and
amend the law relating to the judiciary
approved March 8, 1911.
| Order There having been an associate
justice of this court appointed since the
| commencement of this term,
1t is ordered that the following alIot-
ment be made of the Chief Justice and
| dSSOCldtc JuSIiCGS Ol lHlS court aiming Tie
circuits agreeably to the act Of Congress
| In such case made and provided. and
that such allotment be entered Of rec
| ord, viz:
For the first circuit. Oliver Wendell
| Holmes, associate justice.
For the second circuit, Charles e.
Hughes, associate justice.
For. the third circuit, Mahlon Pitney.
associate justice.
For the fourth circuit, Edward D.
| White, Chief Justice
For the fifth circuit Joseph r. Lamar.
associate justice.
For the sixth circuit. William R. Day,
associate justice.
| For the seventh circuit, Horace HI.
Lurton, associate justice.
For the eighth circuit, Willis Van
Devanter. associate Justice
For the ninth circuit, Joseph Nc
kenna. associate justice.
! No. s. Original Commonwealth of Viz
ginia. complainant. agt. state of West
Virginia; ordered that the parties to this
cause show cause Monday, April 8, next.
why the petition of the special master
that the amount of his compensation be
advanced and paid by the complainant
should not be granted.
No. 625. Adams Express Company,
plaintiff in error. agt. Abe Davidson. trad
F., ing as Davidson & Son: motion to ad-
vance denied.
| No 64Q The National Telephone Manu-
featuring Company, plaintiff in error, agt.
the American Bell Telephone Company;
motion to advance denied.
| No. S75. William n. Breese ct al. agt.
United States: motion to advance grant
ed, and case assigned for argument
Tuesday. October Is next. after the case
| heretofore assigned for that day.
| No. 49, The Atchison. Topeka and
Sante Fe Railway Company. plaintiff in
error. agt. the United States; ordered that
this case be placed on summary docket.
and assigned for hearing Monday, April
%. next.
No. 1856. Benjamin F. Roselle plain
| tiff in error agt. the commonwealth of
| Virginia; in error to the supreme court
of appeals of the state of Virginia;
Judgment affirmed with costs by di-
| vided court.
No 972 Warren Caro- Kyle ct al,
ETC.. appellants, agt. John. c. Hammond
ct al; appeal from the United States
| circuit court of appeals for the first cir
cult: per curiam, dismissed for the want
No 2O1. Frank H. Brown. appellant.
agt G.. F. Elliott, United States marshal,
| ETC.. ct al:
No 2oe. J. G. Moore, appellant. agt G.
F. Elliott, United States marshal etc.
| No. AT. Frederick A. Hyde and Joost
H. Schneider. petitioner. agt. the United
| States: motion to assign for rehearing
| submitted by Mr.. Solicitor General Leh-
| man for the United States.
No. $50. Roosevelt N. Sessinger, petit
toner, agt. ". Peter Anderson: leave
granted to submit memorandum con-
corning recent decision by the supreme
| court of Ohio, on motion Of Mr.. Harry
N. King for the petitioner.
No. 1913. Henry c. Ripley, appellant.
agt. the United States; and
No. 400. The United States. appellant.
agt. Henry G. Ripley; motion to modify
judgment submitted by Mr.. William H.
Robson. Mr.. Ben Carter and Mr.. F..
Carter Pope for Ripley, with leave to the
| solicitor general to file brief in opposi-
| ton on or before Friday next, and two
days to the other side to reply thereto If
| so advised.
No 1924. Edward B. Goodman & Co.
ct al, petitioners. VS.. the United States;
petition for a writ Of certiorari to the
United States Court Of Custom Appeals
Mr. Charles H. Merillat and Mr.. Joseph
~. Karperlohr for the petitioners, with
leave to the solicitor general to file brief
for the respondent tomorrow.
/ No 1920. Clarence Dayton Hillman,
petitioner. agt. the United States: petit
ton for a writ of certiorari to the United
States circuit court of appeals for the
ninth circuit submitted by Mr.. Wade II.
Ellis, Mr. T. V. Bennington and Mr.. Abner
Solicitor General Lehman for the re-
spopdent.
| No 80. San Juan Light and Transit
Company. plaintiff In error. agt. Belen
Requena; motion that mandate issue at
once submitted by Mr. George H. Lamar
lin behalf of counsel for the defendant in
error.
No. 28S. Jessie E. Thompson, appel
liant, agt Charles M. Thompson; motion
| to dispense with reprinting portion of the
record submitted by Mr.. w. M. Levin for
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