22 F.2d 960 (1927) WARNKEN et al. v. MOODY et al. No. 5162. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 3, 1927. J. Newton Rayzor, of Houston, Tex., for appellants. Frank S. Anderson, of Galveston, Tex., for appellees. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit Judge. This was an admiralty libel, filed by the appellants, the widow, the minor daughter, and the father of Edwin Warnken, deceased, against the appellees, W. L. Moody, Jr., and his son, Shearn Moody, to...
22 F.2d 249 (1927) UNITED STATES v. RUSSELL et al. No. 5156. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 4, 1927. Ralph E. Smith, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, of Washington, D. C., and J. S. Franklin, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Birmingham, Ala. (Charles B. Kennamer, U. S. Atty., of Birmingham, Ala., A. W. Gregg, Gen. Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and Clark T. Brown, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for the United States. W. S....
21 F.2d 1003 (1927) BECKER v. UNITED STATES. No. 5153. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. October 28, 1927. Roland Ellis and Frank Reagan, both of Macon, Ga., for appellant. Scott Russell, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Macon, Ga. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. This is a suit by the United States to collect a tax from the income and excess profits of the Union Furniture Company for that part of the year ending September 30, 1918. On or about that date the...
22 F.2d 721 (1927) BUCKSPAN v. HUDSON'S BAY CO. No. 5139. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 30, 1927. Rehearing Denied December 22, 1927. W. M. Taylor, of Dallas, Tex. (Wallace & Taylor and W. L. Crawford, Jr., all of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for appellant. R. E. L. Saner and W. H. Jack, Jr., both of Dallas, Tex., and Harold S. Mackaye, of New York City, for appellee. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a decree...
22 F.2d 6 (1927) AVERY v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 5136. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 1, 1927. *7 Edgar Watkins, of Atlanta, Ga. (Mac Asbill and Edgar Watkins, Jr., both of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for petitioner. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. W. Gregg, General Counsel, Bureau of Internal Revenue, and W. Frank Gibbs, Sp. Atty., Bureau of Internal Revenue, both of Washington, D. C., for respondent. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit...
22 F.2d 797 (1927) BROWN v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE. No. 5133. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 2, 1927. Frank M. Dixon, of Birmingham, Ala., for petitioner. Mabel Walker Willebrandt, Asst. Atty. Gen., A. W. Gregg, Gen. Counsel, Internal Revenue, of Washington, D. C. (Harvey R. Gamble, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and John W. Fisher, Sp. Atty., Internal Revenue, of Washington, D. C., on the brief), for respondent. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. FOSTER,...
23 F.2d 14 (1927) DUNN et al. v. LYONS, Sheriff. No. 5127. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 19, 1927. Rehearing Denied January 13, 1928. P. L. Ferguson, of Leesville, La., and M. G. Adams, of Beaumont, Tex. (M. R. Stewart, of Lake Charles, La., and C. W. Howth and Lamar Hart, both of Beaumont, Tex., on the brief), for appellants. E. R. Schowalter, Asst. Atty. Gen., of Louisiana (Percy Saint, Atty. Gen., of Louisiana, and J. J. Robira, Dist. Atty., and S. H. Jones, Asst. Dist....
23 F.2d 229 (1927) CAMPBELL v. DALBEY et al. No. 5105. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 15, 1927. Rehearing Denied January 7, 1928. James O. Modisette, of Jennings, La. (Modisette & Adams, of Jennings, La., on the brief), for appellant. Robert R. Stone and Chas. A. McCoy, both of Lake Charles, La., for appellees. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order disallowing appellant's claim of priority over general...
22 F.2d 98 (1927) NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. ALMAN. No. 5087. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 4, 1927. Rehearing Denied December 5, 1927. *99 William McLeod and T. M. Stevens, both of Mobile, Ala. (Stevens, McCorvey, McLeod, Goode & Turner, of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for plaintiff in error. S. M. Johnston, of Mobile, Ala. (Gray & Dansby, of Butler, Ala., and Smiths, Young & Johnston, of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for defendant in error. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER,...
22 F.2d 882 (1927) HOME INS. CO. OF NEW YORK v. HIGHTOWER et al. No. 5079. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 9, 1927. Rehearing Denied January 7, 1928. *883 C. M. Smithdeal and W. H. Shock, both of Dallas, Tex. (Fred Wall, of Athens, Ala., Douglass Taylor, of Huntsville, Ala., and Smithdeal, Shock, Spence & Bowyer, of Dallas, Tex., on the brief), for plaintiff in error. W. W. Callahan and A. J. Harris, both of Decatur, Ala., J. G. Rankin, of Athens, Ala., for defendants in error....
22 F.2d 241 (1927) NEW YORK LIFE INS. CO. v. McCARTHY (two cases). Nos. 5075, 5112. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 4, 1927. Rehearing Denied December 5, 1927. Gessner T. McCorvey, of Mobile, Ala. (Gessner T. McCorvey and Stevens, McCorvey, McLeod, Goode & Turner, all of Mobile, Ala., on the brief), for appellant and plaintiff in error. Gregory L. Smith, of Mobile, Ala., for appellee and defendant in error. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit...
22 F.2d 597 (1927) OXFORD OIL CO. et al. v. ATLANTIC OIL PRODUCING CO. et al. [*] No. 5057. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 23, 1927. *598 C. L. Bass, of Fort Worth, Tex. (R. H. Ward, of Houston, Tex., and Davis, Jester & Tarver, of Corsicana, Tex., on the brief), for plaintiffs in error. S. W. Marshall and John L. Young, both of Dallas, Tex., and Paul D. Page, Jr., Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendants in error. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit...
22 F.2d 120 (1927) COYKENDALL, District Director of Immigration, v. SKRMETTA. No. 5018. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. October 22, 1927. J. W. Henley, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., for appellant. Edgar A. Neely, of Atlanta, Ga., for appellee. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order made in a habeas corpus proceeding, discharging the appellee, Nicholas Skrmetta, an alien, who complained of his detention under an...
21 F.2d 914 (1927) ARRINGTON v. GRAND LODGE OF BROTHERHOOD OF RAILROAD TRAINMEN et al. No. 5013. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. October 11, 1927. *915 Timothy S. Lyons, of Augusta, Ga., for appellant. W. Inman Curry, of Augusta, Ga., for appellee Mrs. Ethel Inglett. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. WALKER, Circuit Judge. The opinion rendered by the District Judge contains the following statement, the correctness of which was conceded during the argument in this court:...
22 F.2d 733 (1927) EMPIRE GAS & FUEL CO. et al. v. SAUNDERS et al. [*] No. 5008. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. December 8, 1927. *734 Edwin T. Phillips and David B. Trammell, both of Fort Worth, Tex. (J. W. Finley, of Chanute, Kan., Warren T. Spies, of Bartlesville, Okl., Phillips, Trammell & Chizum, of Fort Worth, Tex., on the brief), for appellants. Charles C. Cook, of Pampa, Tex., for appellees. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. Saunders sued...
19 F.2d 417 (1927) THE CHIQUITA. HARTWIG v. UNITED STATES. No. 4976. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. June 6, 1927. W. J. Gex, of Bay St. Louis, Miss., and William B. Grant, of New Orleans, La. (Gex & Russell, of Gulfport, Miss., on the brief), for appellant. Wayne G. Borah, U. S. Atty., and Edmond E. Talbot, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New Orleans, La. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. FOSTER, Circuit Judge. On August 31, 1926, the auxiliary schooner Chiquita, with a...
18 F.2d 409 (1927) VILLERE v. UNITED STATES. [*] In re JOHN P. RAUSCH CO., Inc. No. 4958. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 8, 1927. Percy S. Benedict, of New Orleans, La. (McCloskey & Benedict, of New Orleans, La., on the brief), for appellant. Wayne G. Borah, U. S. Atty., and T. M. Logan Bruns, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of New Orleans, La. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. FOSTER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from an order denying a motion to expunge a claim of...
22 F.2d 102 (1927) ROSE, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. NUNNALLY INV. CO. No. 4944. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. November 1, 1927. C. P. Goree, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga. (Clint W. Hager, U. S. Atty., of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for plaintiff in error. D. W. Rountree and Granger Hansell, both of Atlanta, Ga. (Anderson, Rountree & Crenshaw, of Atlanta, Ga., on the brief), for defendant in error. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge....
18 F.2d 453 (1927) UNITED DREDGING CO. et al. v. LINDBERG et al. [*] No. 4942. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 6, 1927. Maco Stewart and Brantly Harris, both of Galveston, Tex., for plaintiffs in error. H. C. Hughes and W. E. Price, both of Galveston, Tex. (Lockhart, Hughes & Lockhart, of Galveston, Tex., on the brief), for defendants in error. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. BRYAN, Circuit Judge. This is an action at law under the Workmen's Compensation Law of...
18 F.2d 554 (1927) W. T. WAGNER'S SONS CO. v. ORANGE SNAP CO. No. 4940. Circuit Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. April 12, 1927. Gordon Saussy, of Savannah, Ga., and Walter F. Murray, of Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellant. Frank M. Oliver, of Savannah, Ga. (Joseph C. Hester, of Savannah, Ga., on the brief), for appellee. Before WALKER, BRYAN, and FOSTER, Circuit Judges. *555 WALKER, Circuit Judge. This is an appeal from a decree dismissing a bill, filed by the appellant, the W. T. Wagner's Sons...
