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

WITH TABLE OF CASES IN WHICH REHEARINGS HAVE BEEN
GRANTED OR DENIED

VOLUME 16 (2d)

JANUARY-MARCH, 1927

ST. PAUL

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

NATIONAL REPORTER SYSTEM

1927

16 F. (2d)

Cite as 16 F.(2d)

COPYRIGHT 1927, BY WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY
Federal Reporter, Vol. 16 (2d) Nos. 1-7.

COPYRIGHT 1927, BY WEST PUBLISHING COMPANY

VOL. 16 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

Washington, D. C.
Manchester, N. H.

Portland, Me.

Boston, Mass.

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
Portland, Me.
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
Hon. GEORGE F. MORRIS, District Judge, New Hampshire
Hon. ARTHUR L. BROWN, District Judge, Rhode Island

Hon. HARLAN FISKE STONE, Circuit Justice
Hon. CHARLES M. HOUGH, Circuit Judge
Hon. MARTIN T. MANTON, Circuit Judge
Hon. LEARNED HAND, Circuit Judge .
Hon. THOMAS W. SWAN, Circuit Judge
Hon. EDWIN S. THOMAS, District Judge, Connecticut.
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. AUGUSTUS N. HAND, District Judge, S. 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. JOHN R. HAZEL, District Judge, W. D. New York
Hon. HARLAND B. HOWE, District Judge, Vermont

Norwalk, Conn. Brooklyn, N. Y.

Brooklyn, N. Y.
Brooklyn, N. Y.

. New York, N. Y.

1 Retired under Act Feb. 25, 1919.

2 Appointed December 22, 1926.

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THIRD CIRCUIT

Washington, D. C.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J. Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J.

Trenton, 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.3. Philadelphia, Pa.
Hon. ALBERT W. JOHNSON, District Judge, M. D. Pennsylvania
Hon. ROBERT M. GIBSON, District Judge, W. D. Pennsylvania
Hon. W. H. SEWARD THOMSON, District Judge, W. D., Pa.
Hon. FREDERIC P. SCHOONMAKER, District Judge, W. D., Pa.

FOURTH CIRCUIT

.

Hon. WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, Circuit Justice
Hon. EDMUND WADDILL, Jr., Circuit Judge
Hon. JOHN C. ROSE, Circuit Judge .
Hon. JOHN J. PARKER, Circuit Judge
Hon. MORRIS A. SOPER, District Judge, Maryland
Hon. ISAAC M. MEEKINS, District Judge, E. D. North Carolina. Elizabeth City, 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. RHYDON M. CALL, District Judge, S. 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. WILLIAM H. BARRETT, District Judge, S. D. Georgia
Hon. LOUIS H. BURNS, District Judge, E. D. Louisiana . .
Hon. BENJAMIN C. DAWKINS, District Judge, W. D. Louisiana
Hon. EDWIN R. HOLMES, District Judge, N. and S. D. Mississippi

New Orleans, La.

Montgomery, Ala.
Birmingham, Ala.

.. Mobile, Ala.