Mr. Amos C. Miller and Mr. Wm. M. Beckner for plaintiffs in error.

Mr. Frederick S. Tyler and Mr. James C. Sims for defendant in error.

Per Curiam. Judgment affirmed, with costs. Chanute v. Trader, 132 U. S. 210; Wilson v. North Carolina, 169 U. S. 586; Central Land Co. v. Laidley, 159 U. S. 103; Bacon v. Texas, 163 U. S. 207; Eustis v. Bolles, 150 U. S. 361; White v. Leovy, 134 U. S. 91; Electric Co. v. Dow, 166 U. S. 489; Pierce v. Somerset Railway, 171 U. S. 641; Shepard v. Barron, 194 U. S. 553; Rand, McNally & Co. v. Commonwealth, 106 S. W. Rep. 238; S. C., 108 S. W. Rep. 892, 32 Ky. Law Rep. 441, 1168; Commonwealth v. Ginn & Co., 111 Kentucky, 110.

STRONG v. GASSERT.

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA.

No. 401. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted November 1, 1909.Decided November 8, 1909.

A writ of error to the highest court of a State dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the authority of previous decisions.

Writ of error to review 38 Montana, 18, dismissed.

Mr. M. S. Gunn for plaintiff in error.

Mr. W. C. Keegin for defendant in error.

Per Curiam. Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction. McCorquodale v. Texas, 211 U. S. 432; Corkran Oil & Development Co. v. Arnaudet, 199 U. S. 182; Arkansas Southern Railroad Co. v. German National Bank, 207 U. S. 270.

Syllabus.

215 U.S.

PFAELZER v. BACH FUR COMPANY.

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

No. 290. Submitted November 1, 1909.-Decided November 8, 1909.

A writ of error to the Circuit Court of the United States dismissed for want of final judgment on the authority of McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661.1

Mr. A. S. Gilbert for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Benjamin N. Cardozo for defendant in error.

Per Curiam.

Writ of error dismissed for want of final

judgment. McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661.

BARKER v. BUTTE CONSOLIDATED MINING

COMPANY.

ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA.

No. 32. Submitted November 12, 1909.—Decided November 15, 1909.

A writ of error to the highest court of a State dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the authority of previous decisions.

Writ of error to review 35 Montana, 327, dismissed.

1 The headnote in McLish v. Roff is as follows: Under 5 of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, 26 Stat. 826, "to establish Circuit Courts of Appeal," etc., the appeal or writ of error which may be taken "from the existing Circuit Courts direct to the Supreme Court," "in any case in which the jurisdiction of the court is in issue," can be taken only after final judgment; when the party against whom it is rendered must elect whether he will take his writ of error or appeal to this court upon the question of jurisdiction alone, or to the Circuit Court of Appeals upon the whole case.

215 U.S.

Per Curiam.

Mr. Lewis O. Evans for plaintiff in error.

Mr. John J. McHatton for defendant in error.

Per Curiam. Writ of error dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Butte City Water Co. v. Baker, 196 U. S. 119; Haire v. Rice, 204 U. S. 291; Sayward v. Denny, 158 U. S. 180; Moran v. Horsky, 178 U. S. 205; Beals v. Cone, 188 U. S. 184; Iowa v. Rood, 187 U. S. 87; Stuart v. Hauser, 203 U. S. 585; Gatewood v. North Carolina, 203 U. S. 531; Bachtel v. Wilson, 204 U. S. 36; Iowa Central Railway Co. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389.

JEROME H. REMICK & COMPANY v. STERN.

ERROR TO THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

No. 352. Submitted November 8, 1909.-Decided November 15, 1909.

Writ of error to the Circuit Court dismissed for want of final judgment on authority of McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661.

Mr. Moses H. Grossman for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Julius Henry Cohen for defendant in error.

Per Curiam. Writ of error dismissed for want of final judgment. McLish v. Roff, 141 U. S. 661; Pfaelzer v. Bach Fur Company of Illinois, decided November 8, 1909, ante, p. 584.

Per Curiam.

215 U. S.

NORTH CAROLINA MINING COMPANY v.
WESTFELDT.

APPEAL FROM THE UNITED STATES CIRCUIT COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT.

No. 580. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted November 8, 1909.Decided November 15, 1909.

An appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals (166 Fed. Rep. 706) dismissed for want of jurisdiction on the authority of prior decisions.

CAUSE below heard before Fuller, Circuit Justice, and Morris and Brawley, District Judges, composing the court, and decree rendered January 12, 1909, 166 Fed. Rep. 706; petition for rehearing denied February 4, 1909; application for certiorari denied April 19, 1909, 214 U. S. 516; application to the Circuit Court of Appeals, Waddill, McDowell and Keller, District Judges, sitting, for allowance of appeal denied May 13, 1909; appeal granted June 12, 1909, by Goff, Circuit Judge, and motion to set aside that order denied August 21, 1909, Goff, Circuit Judge, stating: "I find myself impelled to the conclusion that the disposition by the Supreme Court of a motion to dismiss said appeal, will under the circumstances now existing best protect the interests of all the parties hereto, and will also settle a question of practice concerning which there is at this time doubt and confusion."

Mr. Joseph J. Hooker, Mr. James H. Merrimon, Mr. Hannis Taylor and Mr. Charles A. Moore for the appellant.

Mr. Julius C. Martin, Mr. Alfred S. Barnard and Mr. F. A. Sondley for the appellees.

Per Curiam. Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction.

Macfadden v. United States, 213 U. S. 288; Greeley v. Lowe, 155 U. S. 58; In re Winn, 213 U. S. 458; In re Moore, 209 U. S. 490.

GUARANTY TRUST COMPANY v. METROPOLITAN STREET RAILWAY COMPANY.

APPEAL FROM THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK.

No. 607. Motion to dismiss submitted November 8, 1909.-Decided November 15, 1909.

An appeal from the Circuit Court dismissed without opinion on the authority of previous decisions.

Mr. Julien T. Davies, Mr. Brainard Tolles and Mr. John C. Spooner for the appellant.

Mr. Arthur H. Masten, Mr. Matthew C. Fleming, Mr. W. M. Chadbourne, Mr. Wm. M. Coleman, Mr. James Byrne and Mr. Frank H. Platt for the appellees.

Per Curiam. Appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction. Carey v. Houston & Texas Central Railway Co., 150 U. S. 170; In re Lennon, 150 U. S. 393; Cornell v. Green, 163 U. S. 75; Empire State-Idaho Mining & Developing Co. v. Hanley, 205 U. S. 225; Goodrich v. Ferris, 214 U. S. 71; Farrell v. O'Brien, 199 U. S. 89; Louisville Trust Co. v. Knott, 191 U. S. 225; United States v. Larkin, 208 U. S. 333; Atlantic Trust Co. v. Chapman, Receiver, 208 U. S. 360; Bien v. Robinson, Receiver, 208 U. S. 423; Delmar Jockey Club v. Missouri, 210 U. S. 324; and see In re Metropolitan Railway Receivership, 208 U. S. 90; Guaranty Trust Co. v. Metropolitan Street Ry.