SUN MUTUAL INSURANCE Co. v. THE KOUNTZ LINE. (Docket No. 136.) December 13, 1886: Motion to dismiss or affirm. Mr. R. H. Browne and Mr. C. B. Singleton for the motion. Mr. O. B. Sanam opposing. December 20, 1886. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE Each of these motions is denied. (The opinion and judgment of the court in this case are reported ante, page 583.)

RAYMOND V. BILLGERY. (Docket No. 106.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Louisiana. December 21, 1886: Dismissed pursuant to Rule 10. Mr. G. A. Breaux for appellant. No one opposing.

BURLINGTON, CEDAR RAPIDS AND NORTHERN RAILWAY v. Dunn. (Docket No. 977.) Error to the Supreme Court of Minnesota. Motions to dismiss or affirm. Mr. Enoch Totten for the motions. Mr. Eppa Hunton and Mr. Jefferson Chandler opposing. January 10, 1887. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE: Each of these motions is denied. The claim that the case was removed to the Circuit Court of the United States under Sub-section 3, § 639 of the Revised Statutes, presents a Federal question of too much practical importance to be decided on a motion to affirm. See 121 U. S. 182.

MAAG V. HYDE. (Docket No. 1273.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. December 20, 1886 Motion to dismiss submitted. Mr. A. W. Hatch and Mr. Lewis Wallace for the motion. Mr. D. V. Burns opposing. January 10, 1887. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE: This record has not been printed and the motion papers do not present the case in a way to enable us to act understandingly without reference to the transcript on file. Waterville v. Van Slyke, 115 U. S. 290. The motion is therefore overruled, without prejudice to its renewal after the record is printed, or so much thereof as may be necessary for the determination of the question of jurisdiction.

LAWRENCE v. REED. (Docket No. 812.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michi

gan. January 10, 1887: Dismissed on motion of Mr. N. H. Stewart for appellant. Mr. M. D. Leggett, Mr. B. F. Thurston, and Mr. Wm. G. Howard for appellees.

CHASE v. REED. (Docket No. 813.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. January 10, 1887: Dismissed on motion of Mr. A. H. Stewart for appellants. Mr. M. D. Leggett, Mr. B. F. Thurston, and Mr. Wm. G. Howard for appellees.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD v. MILLER. (Docket No. 1239.) Error to and appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. January 10, 1887: Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. E. J. D. Cross for plaintiff in error and appellant. Mr. Alfred Caldwell for defendants in error and appellees.

BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD v. BOARD OF PUBLIC WORKS OF WEST VIRGINIA. (Docket No. 1240.) Error to and appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of West Virginia. January 10, 1887: Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. E. J. D. Cross for plaintiffs in error and appellants. Mr. Alfred Caldwell for defendants in error and appellees.

SANTA ANNA v. HAMLIN. (Docket No. 441.) Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. January 11, 1887: Dismissed with costs.

KELLY v. WATSON. (Docket No. 123.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. January 12, 1887: Dismissed with costs pursuant to 10th Rule.

DUNTON V. SMEDLEY. (Docket No. 124.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. January 12, 1887: Dismissed with costs pursuant to 10th Rule.

JEFFRIES v. HERMAN. (Docket No. 131.) On motion of Mr. J. M. Wilson, for defendant in error, dismissed with costs pursuant to 16th Rule. January 13, 1887.

GIBSON V. SHUFELDT. (Docket No. 868.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia. Motion to dismiss. Messrs. W. W. Crump and John A. Coke in behalf of motion. No one opposing. January 17, 1887. MR. CHIEF JUSTICE WAITE: This motion is denied. The record has not been printed, and the motion papers do not present the case in a way to enable us to act understandingly without reference to the transcript on file. (The opinion and judgment of the court in this case is reported ante, page 27.)

NEWCASTLE NORTHERN RAILROAD v. SIMPSON. (Docket No. 670.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Pennsylvania. January 17, 1887: Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. R. B. McComb for appellant. No one opposing.

HURD V. GILL CAR MANUFACTURING COMPANY. (Docket No. 201.) Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Ohio. January 19, 1887: Dismissed on motion of Mr. Walter H. Smith pursuant to stipulation. Mr. C. H. Scribner for appellant. Mr. E. L. Taylor for appellee.

HELENA BRIDGE COMPANY V. KING. (Docket No. 140.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Texas. January 19, 1887: Affirmed with costs. Mr. M. F. Morris for appellant. Mr. H. E. Davis for appellee.

BACKUS WATER MOTOR COMPANY V. TUERK. (Docket No. 141.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Northern District of Illinois. January 19, 1887: Dismissed pursuant to the 10th Rule. Mr. S. S. Henkle for appellant. No one opposing.

SEALE v. MADISON. (Docket No. 1237.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Louisi

ana.

January 21, 1887: Dismissed on motion of Mr. S. Prentiss Nutt for appellant. Mr. F. P. Cuppy for appellee.

SEALE v. HOLMES. (Docket No. 1238.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of LouisiJanuary 21, 1887: Dismissed on motion of Mr. S. Prentiss Nutt for appellant. Mr. F. P. Cuppy for appellee.

ana.

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EGGLESTON v. CENTENNIAL MUTUAL LIFE ASSOCIATION. No. 261.) Error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Missouri. January 21, 1887: Dismissed on motion of Mr. James O. Broadhead in behalf of counsel for plaintiffs in

error.

GERMAN-AMERICAN HAIL INSURANCE COMPANY v. F. J. SCHREIBER. (Docket No. 146.) In error to the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Minnesota. January 24, 1887: Dismissed pursuant to the 10th Rule. Mr. John B. Sanborn for the plaintiff

in error.

BARNARD AND LEAS MANUFACTURING COMPANY V. MILLIKEN. (Docket No. 147.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Illinois. January 24, 1887: Dismissed pursuant to the 10th Rule. Mr. W. G. Rainey for appellants.

REA V. THE STEAMER ECLIPSE. (Docket No. 1331.) Appeal from the Supreme Court of the Territory of Dakota. January 24, 1887 Docketed and dismissed, with costs. March 28, 1887. Order rescinded, and leave granted to docket cause.

WINTHROP IRON COMPANY v. MEEKER. (Docket No. 154.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Western District of Michigan. January 26, 1887: Reversed and remanded pursuant to stipulation on file, on motion of Mr. R. D. Mussey for appellants. Mr. Frederic Ullman for appellees.

ST. LOUIS, FORT SCOTT, AND WICHITA RAILROAD V. DRUSMORE. (Docket No. 281.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the District of Kansas. January 31, 1887: On motion of Mr. Walter II. Smith reversed and remanded pursuant to stipulation on file. Mr. J. C. Brown and Mr. J. F. Dillon for appellant. Mr. Clarence A. Seward for appellees.

HOME INSURANCE COMPANY v. NEW YORK. (Docket No. 14.) February 7, 1887: Petition for a rehearing of the cause decided at this term and reported 119 U. S. 129, granted; judgment of November 15, 1886, herein rescinded and annulled, and the cause restored to its place on the docket. Mr. B. H. Bristow for the motion.

CRESCENT CITY LIVE STOCK LANDING AND SLAUGHTER HOUSE COMPANY V. BUTCHERS' UNION SLAUGHTER HOUSE AND LIVE STOCK LANDING COMPANY. (Docket No. 825.) Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Louisiana. February 7, 1887: On motion of Mr. William A. Maury, of counsel for the plaintiff in error, (consent of Mr. B. R. Forman for the defendant in error having been filed,) this cause was stricken from the docket.

THURBER V. WOODWARD. (Docket No. 498.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. February 7, 1887: Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. W. C. Goudy for appellants. Mr. C. C. Nourse for appellees.

THURBER V. WOODWARD.

(Docket No. 499.) Appeal from the Circuit Court of the United States for the Southern District of Iowa. February 7, 1887: Dismissed, with costs, on motion of Mr. W. C. Goudy for appellants. Mr. C. C. Nourse for appellees.

THE SELMA, ROME AND DALTON RAILROAD COMPANY V. THE UNITED STATES. (Docket No. 1014.) Appeal from the Court of Claims. March 7, 1887: Affirmed by a divided court. Messrs. George A. King and W. W. Belknap for appellant. Mr. Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Howard for appellee. March 28, 1887: Petition for a rehearing granted. Order of