270 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. No. 180. D. D. ROBERTS AND G. A. COLLINS v. TOWN OF PERRY, FLORIDA, ET AL. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Florida. Argued January 28, 1926. Decided March 1, 1926. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of any ground for federal jurisdiction, there having been no lack of opportunity for a hearing on the merits of the assessment, upon the authority of Hetrick v. Village of Lindsay, 265 U. S. 384; and there having been no contract within the meaning of Art. I, § 10 of the Constitution, upon the authority of Hunter v. City of Pittsburgh, 207 U. S. 161, 176-177; (2) New Orleans v. New Orleans Water Works Company, 142 U. S. 79, 87-88; Gulf & Ship Island R. R. Co. v. Hewes, 183 U. S. 66, 75. Mr. Thomas B. Adams, with whom Messrs. William E. Kay and Henry C. Clark were on the brief, for plaintiffs in error. Mr. Giles J. Patterson for defendants in error. No., original. EX PARTE IN THE MATTER OF BENJAMIN CATCHINGS. March 8, 1926. Motion for leave to file motion for rule to show cause on the Secretary of State denied. Mr. Benjamin Catchings, pro se. No., original. THE STATE OF MICHIGAN V. THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. March 8, 1926. The motion for leave to file a bill of complaint in this cause is granted and process is ordered to issue returnable on Monday, October 4, next. Mr. Andrew B. Dougherty, Attorney General of Michigan, for complainant. No. 204. SOUTH FORK BREWING COMPANY, M. F. MURPHY, GEORGE J. BREISINGER ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. Appeal from the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Argued March 9, 1926. Decided March 15, 1926. Per Curiam. Affirmed upon the authority of Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 270 U.S. Washington Securities Co. v. United States, 234 U. S. 76, 78; Baker v. Schofield, 243 U. S. 114, 118; Southern Ry. Co. v. Puckett, 244 U. S. 571, 574; Piedmont & G. C. Coal Co. v. Seaboard Fisheries Co., 254 U. S. 1, 13. Mr. David V. Cahill, with whom Mr. Joseph A. Burdeau was on the brief, for appellants. Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt, and Mr. Arthur W. Henderson for the United States. No. 610. DWIGHT HARRISON v. STATE OF OHIO. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Argued March 10, 1926. Decided March 15, 1926. Per Curiam. Affirmed upon the authority of West v. Louisiana, 194 U. S. 258; Twining v. New Jersey, 211 U. S. 78. Messrs. Smith W. Bennett and Robert R. Nevin for plaintiff in error. Mr. John R. King, with whom Messrs. L. R. Pugh and J. A. Godown were on the brief, for defendant in error. No. 206. JAMES PATTERSON, ALIAS "BOSSY" PATTERSON V. COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA. Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. Submitted March 11, 1926. Decided March 15, 1926. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of section 237 of the Judicial Code as amended by the Act of September 6, 1916, c. 448, sec. 2, 39 Stat. 726; Jett Bros. Distilling Co. v. Carrollton, 252 U. S. 1, 5-6. Mr. William F. Denny for plaintiff in error. Messrs. John R. Saunders and Lewis H. Machen for defendant in error. No. 911. RED BALL TRANSIT COMPANY v. CHARLES C. MARSHALL ET AL., CONSTITUTING THE PUBLIC UTILITIES COMMISSION OF OHIO ET AL. March 22, 1926. Motion for temporary injunction is denied. Mr. John J. Shea, for 270 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. appellant. Messrs. Nathan A. Gibson, Joseph S. Hall, Thomas J. Flannelly, and Thomas S. Gibson for appellees. No. 650. DORA E. ROOKER AND WILLIAM V. ROOKER V. FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY AND FIDELITY TRUST COмPANY, AS TRUSTEE OF THE ESTATE OF DORA E. ROOKER. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Indiana. Motion to dismiss or affirm submitted March 15, 1926. Decided March 22, 1926. Per Curiam. Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of § 237 of the Judicial Code as amended by the Act of February 13, 1925, c. 229, § 1(a), 43 Stat. 937, Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 261 U. S. 114; Rooker v. Fidelity Trust Co., 263 U. S. 413. Petition for certiorari denied. Mr. Charles W. Cox for defendant in error, in support of the motion. Mr. William V. Rooker for plaintiff in error, in opposition thereto. No. 225. EVANSVILLE OIL AND GREASE COMPANY ET AL. v. IVY L. MILLER, AS STATE FOOD AND DRUG COMMISSIONER OF THE STATE OF INDIANA. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the District of Indiana. Argued March 19, 1926. Decided March 22, 1926. Per Curiam. Affirmed upon the authority of Texas Company v. Brown, 258 U. S. 466. Mr. Hubert B. Fuller, with whom Messrs. Charles D. Chamberlain, Charles O. Roemler, and George B. Morty were on the brief, for appellants. Messrs. Arthur L. Gilliam and Edward M. White for appellee. No. 997. DOROTHY FERGUSON v. DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. Petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia. March 22, 1926. Per Curiam. Denied for want of jurisdiction in this court under § 240 of the Judicial Code as amended by the Act Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. 270 U.S. of February 13, 1925, c. 229, § 1(a), 43 Stat. 938, to issue a certiorari to review a refusal of a Justice of the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to allow a writ of error to the Police Court of the District of Columbia under the authority of the District of Columbia Code, § 227, 29 Stat. 607. Mr. Harry A. Hegarty for petitioner. No appearance for respondent. No. 16, original. STATE OF WISCONSIN v. STATE OF ILLINOIS AND SANITARY DISTRICT OF CHICAGO. Argued on motion to dismiss, March 10, 1926. Decided March 22, 1926. Per Curiam. In view of the difficult questions arising on the record, we delay stating our conclusion until the case is made and all the facts are before us on the pleadings and the evidence. The motion to dismiss the bill is therefore overruled without prejudice to any question and with leave to proceed in due course. Kansas v. Colorado, 185 U. S. 125, 147. Mr. James M. Beck for defendant, the Sanitary District of Chicago, and Mr. Hugh S. Johnson for defendant, the State of Illinois, in support of the motion. Mr. Herman L. Ekern for complainant, the State of Wisconsin, and Mr. Newton D. Baker for the State of Ohio and the Great Lakes Carriers Association, in opposition thereto. No. 267. PATRICK J. O'SHAUGHNESSY ET AL. v. UNITED STATES. Error to the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of Alabama. Motion submitted March 22, 1926, granted April 12, 1926, to transfer this case to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit. Messrs. Harry H. Smith, William H. Armbrecht, W. J. Young, and Gregory L. Smith for plaintiffs in error. Solicitor General Mitchell, Assistant Attorney General Willebrandt, and Mr. John J. Byrne for the United States. 270 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, Etc. No. 1060. CHARLES BARR v. A. A. MCCORKLE, WARDEN AND KEEPER OF THE TENNESSEE STATE PENITENTIARY. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Middle District of Tennessee. Motion to transfer cause submitted March 22, 1926. Decided April 12, 1926. Per Curiam. Motion to transfer the appeal to the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit denied upon the authority of the act of February 13, 1925, c. 229, sec. 13, 43 Stat. 942, and appeal dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of the act of February 13, 1925, c. 229, sec. 6 (a), 43 Stat. 940, and sec. 13, supra. Mr. Grover McCormick for appellant. Mr. William H. Swiggart for appellee. No. 871. A. J. BOYD v. HON. JAMES D. SMYTHE, JUDGE OF HENRY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT, STATE OF IOWA. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Iowa. Motion for supersedeas submitted March 22, 1926. Decided April 12, 1926. Per Curiam. Application for a writ of supersedeas and for leave to file a bond denied; motion for leave to amend the petition in error denied, and the writ of error dismissed, for want of jurisdiction, upon the authority of Iowa C. R. Co. v. Iowa, 160 U. S. 389, 393; Castillo v. McConnico, 168 U. S. 674, 683; Rawlins v. Georgia, 201 U. S. 638; Burt v. Smith, 203 U. S. 129; Standard Oil Co. v. Missouri, 224 U. S. 270, 281; DeBearn v. Safe Deposit & Trust Company, 233 U. S. 24, 34; McDonald v. Oregon R. R. & Nav. Co., 233 U. S. 665, 669, 670; Gasquet v. Lapeyre, 242 U. S. 367, 369, 370; (2) McCain v. Des Moines, 174 U. S. 168, 181; Western Union Tel. Co. v. Ann Arbor R. R. Co., 178 U. S. 239, 243; Spencer v. Duplan Silk Co., 191 U. S. 526, 530; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, |