36 F.2d 475 (1929) BENNETT v. UNITED STATES. No. 5769. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 7, 1929. *476 Bart A. Riley, of Miami, Fla., for appellant. W. P. Hughes, U. S. Atty., of Jacksonville, Fla. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. On November 23, 1929, Frank A. Bennett was sentenced to pay a fine of $1,000 and serve five years in the Atlanta penitentiary upon being convicted of using the mails for the purpose of executing a scheme to...
36 F.2d 732 (1929) EARLY & DANIEL CO. v. PEARSON. PEARSON v. SUMMEY & TOLSON. FARMERS' NAT. BANK OF MONTICELLO et al. v. PEARSON. Nos. 5663, 5659, and 5737. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 19, 1929. *733 In No. 5663: Pope F. Brock, of Macon, Ga. (Brock, Sparks & Russell, of Macon, Ga., on the brief), for appellant. Scott Russell, of Macon, Ga. (Jones, Jones, Johnston & Russell, of Macon, Ga., on the brief), for appellee. In No. 5659: Scott Russell and George S. Jones, both of...
35 F.2d 609 (1929) SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. CO. v. ATLANTA, B. & C. R. CO. No. 5612. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 18, 1929. Robert S. Parker, of Atlanta, Ga., and W. W. Dykes, of Americus, Ga. (Randolph, Parker & Fortson and Robt. S. Parker, all of Atlanta, Ga., and W. W. Dykes, of Americus, Ga., on the brief), for appellant. Morris Brandon and John A. Hynds, both of Atlanta, Ga. (Brandon & Hynds, of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for appellee. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER,...
35 F.2d 646 (1929) UNITED STATES v. ACKER. No. 5595. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 1, 1929. C. B. Kennamer, U. S. Atty., and J. S. Franklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Birmingham, Ala., and T. J. Williamson, Atty. for U. S. Veterans' Bureau, of Washington, D. C. (Charles B. Kennamer, U. S. Atty., of Birmingham, Ala., and William Wolff Smith, Gen. Counsel, and James T. Brady and Bayless L. Guffy, Attys., U. S. Veterans' Bureau, all of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the...
32 F.2d 239 (1929) MIDDLETON v. UNITED STATES. No. 5545. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 23, 1929. Burton G. Henson, of Tampa, Fla., and Roger E. Davis, of Miami, Fla., for appellant. Wm. M. Gober, U. S. Atty., of Tampa, Fla., and Francis L. Poor, and Louis S. Joel, Asst. U. S. Attys., both of Jacksonville, Fla. Before BRYAN and FOSTER, Circuit Judges, and DAWKINS, District Judge. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. Appellant John Middleton was convicted upon an indictment which charged him...
33 F.2d 664 (1929) UNITED FRUIT CO. v. UNITED STATES. No. 5530. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. May 17, 1929. *665 Philip S. Gidiere, of New Orleans, La. (Spencer, Gidiere, Phelps & Dunbar, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellant and cross-appellee. Edmond E. Talbot, U. S. Atty., of New Orleans, La. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. FOSTER, Circuit Judge. The United States brought a suit at law against the United Fruit Company to recover $388.29 for loss of...
33 F.2d 229 (1929) UNITED STATES v. BURDEN, SMITH & CO. No. 5523. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 22, 1929. *230 William A. Bootle, U. S. Atty., of Macon, Ga., D. A. Taylor, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Int. Rev., of Washington, D. C. (C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Int. Rev., of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States. Geo. S. Jones and C. Baxter Jones, both of Macon, Ga. (Jones, Jones & Johnston, of Macon, Ga., and Charles M. Cork, of Macon, Ga., on the brief),...
31 F.2d 399 (1929) BURNS et al. v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 5521. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. March 18, 1929. William P. Jeffery and Joseph F. Murray, both of New York City, for petitioners. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen., Randolph C. Shaw and J. Louis Monarch, Sp. Assts. to Atty. Gen., and C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Colden C. Miller, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent. Before...
32 F.2d 876 (1929) GRAY v. HOPKINS-CARTER HARDWARE CO. et al. REESE v. SAME. No. 5515. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. May 31, 1929. *877 H. H. Taylor and Geo. D. Ford, both of Miami, Fla., for appellant. Lloyd C. Hooks, of Miami, Fla., for appellees Hopkins-Carter Hardware Co., Coconut Grove Bt. Wks., Biscayne Tent & Awn. Co., Phillips Hdw. Co., and Elco Works. Warren S. Reese, of Miami, Fla., for cross-appellant. J. C. Morcock, of Miami, Fla., for appellee and cross-appellee J. Frank...
30 F.2d 574 (1929) DE GRAFFENREID v. YOUNT-LEE OIL CO. et al. [*] No. 5499. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. February 15, 1929. R. H. Ward, of Houston, Tex., for appellant. Beeman Strong, R. E. Masterson, and Will E. Orgain, all of Beaumont, Tex., and H. E. Kahn, of Houston, Tex. (Beeman Strong, E. L. Nall, J. L. C. McFaddin, R. E. Masterson, and Orgain & Carroll, all of Beaumont, Tex., on the brief), for appellees. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit Judge....
32 F.2d 141 (1929) AMERICAN SALES CORPORATION v. UNITED STATES. No. 5498. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 19, 1929. T. W. Gregory, of Houston, Tex., and Jas. W. Wayman, of Galveston, Tex., for appellant. H. M. Holden, U. S. Atty., and Howell Ward, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Houston, Tex. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a judgment disposing of two cases which were tried together, a jury being waived. One of the cases...
36 F.2d 9 (1929) COMMERCIAL UNION ASSUR. CO., LIMITED, OF LONDON v. JASS et al. [*] No. 5482. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 3, 1929. T. A. Hammond, Daniel MacDougald, H. H. Hargrett, and W. L. Bryan, all of Atlanta, Ga. (Smith, Hammond, Smith & Bloodworth and Spalding, MacDougald & Sibley, all of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for appellant. Reuben R. Arnold and B. P. Gambrell, both of Atlanta, Ga. (Reuben R. & Lowry Arnold, of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for appellees....
36 F.2d 464 (1929) ROSE, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. DOBBS. No. 5476. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 13, 1929. C. P. Goree, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., C. M. Charest, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Henry A. Cox and Thos. H. Lewis, Jr., Sp. Attys., Bureau of Internal Revenue, all of Washington, D. C. (Clint W. Hager, U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for appellant. Harold Hirsch, of Atlanta, Ga., and John E. McClure, of Washington, D. C.,...
35 F.2d 957 (1929) DAVIS et al. v. UNITED STATES. [*] No. 5474. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 26, 1929. F. H. Prendergast, of Marshall, Tex. (Nat Gentry, of Tyler, Tex., on the brief), for appellants. Randolph Bryant, U. S. Atty., of Sherman, Tex. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. Appellants were convicted upon an indictment which charged them with conspiracy to conceal and with concealing assets which belonged to the bankrupt estate of...
30 F.2d 521 (1929) MOUNGER v. WELLS et al. No. 5460. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. February 8, 1929. Travis B. Moursund and A. N. Moursund, both of San Antonio, Tex. (Cunningham, Moursund & Johnson, of San Antonio, Tex., on the brief), for appellant. J. R. Locke, of San Antonio, Tex., and Edward Rightor, of New Orleans, La. (Wilbur L. Matthews, Templeton, Brooks, Napier & Brown, and Kelso, Locke & King, all of San Antonio, Tex., on the brief), for appellees. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and...
29 F.2d 969 (1929) MEDICAL ARTS BLDG. CO. v. SOUTHERN FINANCE & DEVELOPMENT CO. et al. No. 5454. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. January 7, 1929. *970 W. J. Rogers and R. F. Spencer, both of San Antonio, Tex. (R. F. Spencer, W. J. Rogers, and Spencer, Rogers & Lewis, all of San Antonio, Tex., on the brief), for appellant. Sylvan Lang, Claude V. Birkhead, W. B. Teagarden, W. B. Jack Ball, and Robert J. McMillan, all of San Antonio, Tex. (W. B. Teagarden, Bruce W. Teagarden, Birkhead,...
30 F.2d 489 (1929) SHORELAND CO. v. CONKLIN et al. J. C. PENNEY-GWINN CORPORATION v. SAME. No. 5450. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. February 6, 1929. *490 Byrd Douglas, of Nashville, Tenn., for appellant and petitioner. W. E. Kay and Thomas B. Adams, both of Jacksonville, Fla., and S. D. Weissbuch, of Miami, Fla., for J. C. Penney-Gwinn Corporation. Floyd L. Knight, of Miami, Fla., for Shoreland Co. S. Pierre Robineau, of Miami, Fla., for receiver. W. H. Burwell, of Miami, Fla., for...
30 F.2d 933 (1929) ZIMMERN COAL CO. v. COAL TRADING ASS'N OF ROTTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS, et al. No. 5434. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. February 27, 1929. *934 Harry T. Smith, of Mobile, Ala., and Philip D. Beall, of Pensacola, Fla. (Wm. G. Caffey, of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for appellant. William Fisher, of Pensacola, Fla., for appellees. Before WALKER and BRYAN, Circuit Judges, and GRUBB, District Judge. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. Appellant filed a libel to enforce its maritime...
31 F.2d 280 (1929) SMITH v. MUTUAL LIFE INS. CO. OF NEW YORK. No. 5415. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. March 9, 1929. Rehearing Denied April 3, 1929. Jos. D. Barksdale, Otis W. Bullock, and Howard B. Warren, all of Shreveport, La., Winston K. Joffrion, of Alexandria, La. (Joffrion & Joffrion, of Marksville, La., and Barksdale, Bullock, Warren, Clark & Van Hook, of Shreveport, La., on the brief), for appellant. Richard B. Montgomery and Richard B. Montgomery, Jr., both of New Orleans,...
33 F.2d 13 (1929) TEXAS & N. O. R. CO. et al. v. BROTHERHOOD OF RAILWAY AND STEAMSHIP CLERKS, etc., et al. [*] No. 5406. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 10, 1929. *14 J. H. Tallichet, C. R. Wharton, and C. L. Carter, all of Houston, Tex., and W. B. Spencer and Victor Leovy, both of New Orleans, La. (C. L. Carter, Calvin B. Garwood, and John P. Bullington, all of Houston, Tex., on the brief), for appellants. Carl G. Stearns and John H. Crooker, both of Houston, Tex., and Donald R....
