Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-02-02
THE COURTS.
Supreme Court of the United States
Monday. February 2, 1914.


Present: The Chief Justice, Mr.. Jus
tice Holmes, Mr.. Justice Day. Mr.. JUS
tice Hughes. Mr.. Justice Van Devanter,
Mr.. Justice Lamar and Mr.. Justice Pit
ney.
Edward G. Hoffman of Fort Wayne,
Ind: Harry T. Kyle of McAlister,
Okla; w. r. McGill of La Land. N. NJ.
Lee Warren James of Dayton. Ohio;
| Fred S. Stitt of Washington. D. C; ].
Evan Reames of Medford. Ore, and
Louis G. Rissell of New York city were
admitted to practice.
No. IA. North Carolina Railroad
Company, plaintiff in error, agt. James
A. Zachary, administrator, etc; in err
ror to the supreme court of the state
of North Carolina: judgment reversed
with costs and cause remanded for
further proceedings not inconsistent
with the opinion of this court. Opin-
ion by Mr.. Justice Pitney.
No 20. Frances y. Miedreich, PLAIN
tiff in error. agt. Constance Lauen-
stein; in error to the supreme court o,
the state of Indiana: Judgment affirmed
No. III Frank n. Thomas, petit
TONER agt Conrad II. Matthiessen; on
writ of certiorari to the United States
circuit court of appeals for the second
circuit; Judgment reversed with costs
and cause remanded to the district court
of the United States for the southern
district Of New York with directions to
enter judgment for the plaintiff on the
agreed facts; opinion by Mr.. Justice
Holmes: dissenting. Mr. Chief Justice
White (Mr. Justice Hughes took no part
in the decisionl.
The Chief Justice announced the follow
ing orders of the court:
No 1856. ]. L. Arnott ct AL plaintiffs
in error agt. Southern Railway COM
pany; in error to the supreme court or
the state of Tennessee; per curtain, dis
/, missed for want Of jurisdiction.
No 316. S. W. Washington ct al, sur
viving trustees, etc. appellants, agt Jo-
seph P. Tearney ct al, surviving exec
utors. ETC.: appeal from the United
States circuit court of appeals for the
fourth circuit: per curtain, dismissed for
the want of Jurisdiction.
No. pa City OF Blackwell. plaintiff in
error, agt city of NewFirk. ct al; in err
ror to the supreme court of the state OF
Oklahoma: per curlam, dismissed ioi
want OF jurisdiction.
No 1913. The United States. appellant
agt. First National Bank of Detroit,
Mimi;
No. s74. The United States. appellant,
agt. the Nichols Chisolm Lumber Com
pany, ct al; and
No. SIS. The United States. appellant
agt. Nichols-C hisdm Lumber Company
ct al; motion to advance granted and
cases /: signed for argument Monday
April 6, next, after the case heretofore
assigned for that day.
ton Company. etc, agt- W: j. Mellon
ct al motion for leave to file an addi-
tiona brief herein on behalf of the
Oceanic Steamer Navigation Company
granted.
error, agt the United States: and
| No. TG Ambrosio -.papas ct al, plain.
tinfs in error, agt. the United States; and
| No. 1876 Southern railway-Carolina
division, etc. plaintiff in error. agt
| Hattie E. Bennett, Administrative, etc.
ordered that these cases be placed or
| the summary docket and assigned fol
| Tuesday. February "a next.
| No. 34s. r. Q. Norris ct al trustees
! etc. ct al, petitioners. agt. j. Z. John
son ct al: petition for writ OF Ger,
| tiorari to the United States circuit cour
of appeals for the fifth circuit denied
| No. s44. Houston Oil Company O
| Texas ct al, petitioners, agt- Caroline Z
| Middlesworth ct al; petition for wri
of certiorari TO the United States circul
| court of appeals for the fifth Circuit
! denied
| No. f45. Southern Railway Company
plaintiff in error. agt. ". Q. Gadd; mo
| ton to affirm submitted by Mr.. John
| Stout for the defendant in error in sup
| port of the motion, and by Mr.. Caruther'
Ewing for the plaintiff in error in op
| position thereto.
| No. s6l. Equitable Surety Compan!
| agt United States to the use of w w
| Mcmillan; motion to advance and plac'
| on the summary docket submitted by Mr.
| Wharton E. Lester for United States t
the use Of w. w. Macmillan.
| No. 1876 Washington Dredging and I'M
! p-ovement Company. plaintiff in error
aet the state of Washington ct al, mo-
ton to dismiss submitted by Mr.. f. W
| Clements in behalf of Mr.. Richard A
Ballinger, Mr.. Alfred Battle, Mr.. George
E Cole, Mr.. +. c. Lindley. Mr.. NJ. V