THE

FEDERAL REPORTER

SECOND SERIES

CASES ARGUED AND DETERMINED
IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURTS
OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE COURT OF
APPEALS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

WITH

KEY-NUMBER ANNOTATIONS

VOLUME 25 (2d)

MAY-JUNE, 1928

ST. PAUL

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

NATIONAL REPORTER SYSTEM

1928

25 F. (2d)

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25 F.(2d)

COPYRIGHT 1928, BY WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY
Federal Reporter, Second Series, Vol. 25 (2d) Nos.
1-6.

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VOL. 25 FEDERAL REPORTER, (2d)

JUDGES

IN THE

CIRCUIT COURTS OF APPEALS AND DISTRICT COURTS OF
THE UNITED STATES, AND COURT OF APPEALS
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

FIRST CIRCUIT

1

Washington, D. C.

Manchester, N. H.

Portland, Me.

Boston, Mass.

Portland, Me.

Portland, Me.

Hon. OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Circuit Justice
Hon. GEORGE HUTCHINS BINGHAM, Circuit Judge
Hon. CHARLES F. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge
Hon. GEORGE W. ANDERSON, Circuit Judge
Hon. CLARENCE HALE, District Judge, Maine 1
Hon. JOHN A. PETERS, District Judge, Maine
Hon. JAMES M. MORTON, Jr., District Judge, Massachusetts. New Bedford, Mass.
Hon. JAMES ARNOLD LOWELL, District Judge, Massachusetts. . Boston, Mass.
Hon. ELISHA H. BREWSTER, District Judge, Massachusetts. . Springfield, Mass.
Hon. GEORGE F. MORRIS, District Judge, New Hampshire
Hon. IRA LLOYD LETTS, District Judge, Rhode Island

.. Littleton, N. H. ... Providence, R. I.

Hon. EDWIN S. THOMAS, District Judge, Connecticut
Hon. WARREN B. BURROWS, District Judge, Connecticut 2
Hon. MARCUS B. CAMPBELL, District Judge, E. D. New York
Hon. ROBERT A. INCH, District Judge, E. D. New York .
Hon. GROVER M. MOSCOWITZ, District Judge, E. D. New York
Hon. FRANK COOPER, District Judge, N. D. New York
Hon. FREDERICK H. BRYANT, District Judge, N. D. New York.
Hon. JOHN CLARK KNOX, District Judge, S. D. New York.
Hon. FRANCIS A. WINSLOW, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. HENRY W. GODDARD, District Judge, S. D. New York .
Hon. WILLIAM BONDY, District Judge, S. D. New York ..
Hon. THOMAS D. THACHER, District Judge, S. D. New York
Hon. FRANK J. COLEMAN, District Judge, S. D. New York.
Hon. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York
Hon. SIMON L. ADLER, District Judge, W. D. New York.
Hon. HARLAND B. HOWE, District Judge, Vermont

Utica, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.

New York, N. Y.

. New York, N. Y.

2 Appointed February 16, 1928.

THIRD CIRCUIT

Washington, D. C.

. Pittsburgh, Pa. Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J. Wilmington, Del. Trenton, N. J.

Trenton, N. J.

Newark, N. J.

Newark, N. J.

Hon. LOUIS D. BRANDEIS, Circuit Justice
Hon. JOSEPH BUFFINGTON, Circuit Judge
Hon. VICTOR B. WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge
Hon. J. WARREN DAVIS, Circuit Judge.
Hon. HUGH M. MORRIS, District Judge, Delaware
Hon. JOHN RELLSTAB, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. JOSEPH L. BODINE, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. WM. N. RUNYON, District Judge, New Jersey
Hon. WILLIAM CLARK, District Judge, New Jersey.
Hon. J. WHITAKER THOMPSON, District Judge, E. D., Pa. . . Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. OLIVER B. DICKINSON, District Judge, E. D. Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. WILLIAM H. KIRKPATRICK, District Judge, E. D., Pa. . Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. ALBERT W. JOHNSON, District Judge, M. D. Pennsylvania. . Lewisburg, Pa.
Hon. ROBERT M. GIBSON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania
Hon. W. H. SEWARD THOMSON, District Judge, W. D., Pa.1.
Hon. FREDERIC P. SCHOONMAKER, District Judge, W. D.,

Hon. MORRIS A. SOPER, District Judge, Maryland.
Hon. WILLIAM C. COLEMAN, District Judge, Maryland
Hon. ISAAC M. MEEKINS, District Judge, E. D. North Carolina. Elizabeth City, N. C.
Hon. JOHNSON J. HAYES, District Judge, M. D. North Carolina. Wilkesboro, N. C.
Hon. JAMES E. BOYD, District Judge, W. D. North Carolina
Hon. EDWIN Y. WEBB, District Judge, W. D North Carolina
Hon. ERNEST F. COCHRAN, District Judge, E. D., S. C. .
Hon. HENRY H. WATKINS, District Judge, W. D., S. C.
Hon. D. LAWRENCE GRONER, District Judge, E. D. Virginia . . Norfolk, Va.
Hon. HENRY CLAY MCDOWELL, District Judge, W. D. Virginia. Lynchburg, Va.
Hon. GEORGE W. McCLINTIC, District Judge, S. D., W. Va.. Charleston, W. Va.
Hon. WILLIAM E. BAKER, District Judge, N. D. West Virginia. Elkins, W. Va.

Hon. EDWARD T. SANFORD, Circuit Justice
Hon. RICHARD W. WALKER, Circuit Judge
Hon. NATHAN P. BRYAN, Circuit Judge
Hon. RUFUS E. FOSTER, Circuit Judge
Hon. HENRY D. CLAYTON, District Judge, N. and M. D., Ala..
Hon. WILLIAM I. GRUBB, District Judge, N. D. Alabama
Hon. ROBERT T. ERVIN, District Judge, S. D. Alabama.
Hon. WILLIAM B. SHEPPARD, District Judge, N. D. Florida
Hon. LAKE JONES, District Judge, S. D. Florida
Hon. SAMUEL H. SIBLEY, District Judge, N. D. Georgia
Hon. WILLIAM J. TILSON, District Judge, M. D. Georgia
Hon. BASCOM S. DEAVER, District Judge, M. D. Georgia*
Hon. WILLIAM H. BARRETT, District Judge, S. D. Georgia
Hon. LOUIS H. BURNS, District Judge, E. D. Louisiana,

Retired under Act Feb. 25, 1919 (28 USCA § 375).
Resigned March 19, 1928.

Huntsville, Ala.
Jacksonville, Fla.
New Orleans, La.

Montgomery, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.