273 U.S. 747 47 S. Ct. 448 71 L. Ed. 871 Jacob Telfair SMITH, petitioner, v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY FLEET CORPORATION; and CATZ AMERICAN SHIPPING COMPANY, Inc., petitioner, v. UNITED STATES SHIPPING BOARD EMERGENCY ELEET CORPORATION. * Nos. 796, 797. Supreme Court of the United States February 21, 1927 Mr. John C. Prizer, of New York City, for petitioners. Messrs. William D. Mitchell, Sol. Gen., George R. Farnum, Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Frank Staley, of Washington, D. C., for...
272 U.S. 713 (1927) MILLER ET AL., EXECUTORS, v. MILWAUKEE. No. 73. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 13, 1926. Decided January 3, 1927. ERROR TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN. Mr. A.W. Schutz for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Walter J. Mattison, with whom Mr. John M. Niven was on the brief, for defendant in error. *714 MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. This is a suit to recover the amount of taxes alleged to have been...
272 U.S. 731 (1927) DE LA METTRIE ET AL. v. DE GASQUET JAMES ET AL. KEANE, RECEIVER, v. DE GASQUET JAMES ET AL. Nos. 54, 55. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 6, 1926. Decided January 3, 1927. APPEALS FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. *732 Mr. J. Noble Hayes, with whom Mr. Guy H. Johnson was on the brief, for the appellants. Mr. Mansfield Ferry, with whom Messrs. Frank Davis, Jr., S.M. Stellwagen, William J. Neale, and Victor Hugo Duras were on the brief, for...
275 U.S. 254 (1927) LATZKO ET AL. v. EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE. EQUITABLE TRUST COMPANY, TRUSTEE, v. LATZKO ET AL. Nos. 48 and 49. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 19, 1927. Decided November 21, 1927. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT. *255 Mr. Charles A. Brodek, with whom Mr. Borris M. Komar was on the brief, for Latzko et al. Mr. Godfrey Goldmark, with whom Messrs. George G. Ernst and Ralph F. Colin were on the brief, for The Equitable...
272 U.S. 728 47 S. Ct. 275 71 L. Ed. 494 GARLAND'S HEIRS v. CHOCTAW NATION. PITCHLYNN et al. v. SAME. Nos. 42, 43. Argued Dec. 1 and 2, 1926. Decided Jan. 3, 1927. Mr. Harry Peyton, of Washington, D. C., for appellants Garland heirs. Messrs. Harry Peyton, T. P. Gore, and W. W. Scott, all of Washington, D. C., for appellants Pitchlynn. The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Galloway, for appellee. Mr. Justice McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 These causes,...
273 U.S. 346 47 S. Ct. 389 71 L. Ed. 676 BOWERS, Collector of Internal Revenue, v. NEW YORK & ALBANY LIGHTERAGE CO. SAME v. SEAMAN. SAME v. FULLER. Nos. 366-368. Argued Jan. 5, 1927. Decided Feb. 21, 1927. The Attorney General and Mr. Charles T. Hendler, of Washington, D. C., for petitioner. Mr. Justice BUTLER delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 In No. 366, respondent, March 26, 1918, filed its return of income and excess profits taxes for 1917 and paid the amount shown due. Shortly before...
274 U.S. 76 (1927) SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY v. KENTUCKY. DAVIS, DIRECTOR GENERAL, v. KENTUCKY. Nos. 33, 34. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 15, 16, 1926. Decided April 11, 1927. ERROR TO THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF KENTUCKY *77 Mr. Edward P. Humphrey, with whom Messrs. L.E. Jefferies, Alex P. Humphrey, and Charles W. Milner were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error. Mr. J.P. Hobson, with whom Messrs. L.W. Morris, D.L. Hazelrigg, and Frank Daugherty, Attorney General of...
274 U.S. 684 (1927) TWIST ET AL. v. PRAIRIE OIL & GAS COMPANY. Nos. 301, 302. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 28, 29, 1927. Decided June 6, 1927. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE EIGHTH CIRCUIT. *685 Mr. Paul Pinson, with whom Messrs. James S. Watson and Daniel H. Linebaugh were on the brief, for petitioners. Mr. Preston C. West, with whom Messrs. Thomas J. Flannelly and A.A. Davidson were on the brief, for respondent. MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of...
272 U.S. 718 (1927) STEAMSHIP WILLDOMINO v. CITRO CHEMICAL COMPANY. STEAMSHIP WILLDOMINO v. PFIZER & COMPANY. Nos. 29, 30. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 22, 1926. Decided January 3, 1927. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. *719 Messrs. George C. Sprague and Francis Rawle, with whom Messrs. George W. Betts, Jr., and Joseph W. Henderson were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. D. Roger Englar, with whom Mr. James D. Carpenter, Jr., was on the brief,...
272 U.S. 658 (1926) VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY v. UNITED STATES ET AL. UNITED STATES ET AL. v. VIRGINIAN RAILWAY COMPANY. Nos. 281, 282. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 29, 1926. Decided December 13, 1926. APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF WEST VIRGINIA. *660 Mr. James W. Carmalt, with whom Messrs. E.W. Knight and W.H.T. Loyall were on the brief, for the Virginian Railway Co. Mr. Blackburn Esterline, Assistant to the Solicitor General, with...
275 U.S. 232 (1927) HEINER, COLLECTOR, v. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR. LEWELLYN, FORMER COLLECTOR, v. COLONIAL TRUST COMPANY, EXECUTOR. Nos. 219, 220. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 7, 1927. Decided November 21, 1927. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE THIRD CIRCUIT. Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt and Messrs. A.W. Gregg, General Counsel, and A.J. Ward, Special Attorney, Bureau of Internal Revenue, were on the...
274 U.S. 12 (1927) OHIO PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY v. OHIO EX REL. FRITZ. Nos. 210, 264. Supreme Court of United States. Argued March 10, 1927. Decided April 11, 1927. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. Messrs. C.H. Henkel and Frank M. Cobb, with whom Mr. Franklin L. Maier was on the brief, for plaintiff in error. Messrs. Lyman R. Critchfield and Alton H. Etling, with whom Mr. Joseph O. Fritz, Prosecuting Attorney, was on the brief, for defendant in error. MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS...
275 U.S. 257 (1927) ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY v. STANDARD OIL COMPANY OF KENTUCKY. STANDARD OIL COMPANY, INCORPORATED IN KENTUCKY, v. ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY. Nos. 176 and 177. Supreme Court of United States. Argued October 4, 1927. Decided November 28, 1927. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SIXTH CIRCUIT. *259 Mr. Thomas W. Davis, with whom Mr. William Marshall Bullitt was on the brief, for Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. Mr. Charles G. Middleton,...
274 U.S. 181 (1927) TIMKEN ROLLER BEARING COMPANY v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. GOODBODY, RECEIVER, v. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD COMPANY. Nos. 168, 178. Supreme Court of United States. Argued February 25, 1927. Decided April 18, 1927. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF OHIO. *182 Messrs. Luther Day, Rufus S. Day, and Donald W. Kling for plaintiffs in error, submitted. Mr. Andrew P. Martin, with whom Messrs. Andrew Squire and Thomas M. Kirby were on the...
273 U.S. 257 (1927) OKLAHOMA NATURAL GAS COMPANY v. OKLAHOMA. SAME v. SAME ET AL. Nos. 154, 187. Supreme Court of United States. Submitted January 3, 10, 1927. Decided February 21, 1927. ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA. Mr. Lawrence H. Cake, in behalf of Mr. David A. Richardson, for the plaintiff in error, in support of the motion. Messrs. George F. Short, Attorney General, and J. Berry King, Assistant Attorney General, for the State of Oklahoma. Mr. E.S. Ratliff for the...
274 U.S. 676 (1927) MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF VIDALIA v. McNEELY, ADMINISTRATRIX. McNEELY, ADMINISTRATRIX, v. MAYOR AND BOARD OF ALDERMEN OF THE TOWN OF VIDALIA. Nos. 140, 163. Supreme Court of United States. Argued January 26, 27, 1926. Decided June 6, 1927. APPEALS FROM THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF LOUISIANA. Messrs. Hugh Tullis and L.T. Kennedy, with whom Messrs. E.H. Ratcliff and W.H. Watkins were on the briefs, for McNeely, Administratrix. *...
275 U.S. 475 (1928) NAGLE, COMMISSIONER, v. LOI HOA. NAGLE, COMMISSIONER, v. LAM YOUNG. Nos. 115 and 116. Supreme Court of United States. Argued December 5, 1927. Decided January 3, 1928. CERTIORARI TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT. Solicitor General Mitchell, with whom Assistant Attorney General Luhring and Messrs. Harry S. Ridgely and F.M. Parrish, Attorneys in the Department of Justice, were on the brief, for petitioner. Messrs. George W. Hott and Joseph P. Fallon were...
274 U.S. 387 47 S. Ct. 595 71 L. Ed. 1112 FT. SMITH LIGHT & TRACTION CO. v. BOARD OF IMPROVEMENT OF PAVING DIST. NO. 16 OF CITY OF FT. SMITH, ARK. No. 269. Submitted March 17, 1927. Decided May 16, 1927. Messrs. Joseph M. Hill and Henry L. Fitzhugh, both of Ft. Smith, Ark., and R. M. Campbell, of Chicago, Ill., for plaintiff in error. Mr. John P. Woods, of Ft. Smith, Ark., for defendant in error. Mr. Justice STONE delivered the opinion of the Court. 1 Defendant in error, a board of improvement...
274 U.S. 264 (1927) UNITED STATES v. ALFORD. No. 983. Supreme Court of United States. Argued April 28, 1927. Decided May 16, 1927. ERROR TO THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA. *265 Mr. R.W. Williams, Solicitor, Department of Agriculture, with whom Solicitor General Mitchell, and Messrs. Fred Lees, and H.H. Clarke were on the brief, for the United States. *266 MR. JUSTICE HOLMES delivered the opinion of the Court. Alford was indicted for building a fire...
275 U.S. 507 48 S. Ct. 158 72 L. Ed. 397 CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, petitioner, v. K. S. LEITCH. * No. 98. Supreme Court of the United States December 12, 1927 Mr. Douglas W. Brown, of Huntington, W. Va., for petitioner. Mr. Jonn H. Holt, of Huntington, W. Va., for respondent. 1 The judgment of the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of West Virginia in this case is affirmed by an equally divided Court. * Rehearing granted 48 S. Ct. 213 , 72 L. Ed. —, and judgment reversed 276 U.S....
