Decisions Per Curiam, etc. No. 459. VERMILLION MINING Co. v. FRASER; No. 461. INLAND STEEL Co. v. DAY; and 278 U. S. No. 462. INLAND STEEL Co. v. FRYBERGER. Appeals from the Supreme Court of the State of Minnesota. December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The appeals are dismissed on the authority of Lake Superior Consolidated Iron Mines v. Lord, 271 U. S. 577. Messrs. Wm. P. Belden and Horace Andrews for appellants. Mr. Arcadius L. Agatin for appellee in No. 459. Mr. Fred W. Putnam for appellee in Nos. 460 and 461. No appearance for appellee in No. 462. No. 474. THEOBALD ET AL. v. Board oF COUNTY COмMISSIONERS ET AL. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The writ of error is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 147. Mr. B. W. Gearheart for plaintiffs in error. No appearance for defendants in error. No. 477. SAMBOR ET AL. v. PHILADELPHIA RAPID TRANSIT CO. ET AL. Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Maryland v. Baltimore & Ohio R. R. Co., 3 How. 534, 552; Pawhuska v. Pawhuska Oil Co., 250 U. S. 394, 399; Trenton v. New Jersey, 262 U. S. 182, 186; Risty v. Chicago Ry. Co., 270 U. S. 378, 390. Mr. James J. Regan, Jr., for appellants. Messrs. Frank M. Hunter and Frederic R. Ballard for appellees. 278 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, etc. No. 492. NOEL v. WASHINGTON SURBURBAN SANITARY COMMISSION ET AL. Appeal from the Court of Appeals of the State of Maryland. December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Wagner v. Baltimore, 239 U. S. 207; Seattle v. Kelleher, 195 U. S. 351, 359; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside 239 U. S. 144, 147. Messrs. Frederic D. McKenney, Wilson L. Townsend, Caesar L. Criello, and F. Regis Noel for appellant. No appearance for appellees. No. 76. E. HENRY WEMME Co. v. SELLING ET AL., ETC. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Oregon. Argued November 27, 1928. Decided December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The writ of error is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 147. Messrs. Thomas Mannix and Guy C. H. Corliss for plaintiff in error. Messrs. E. V. Littlefield, John C. Veatch, and B. E. Haney for defendants in error. No. 82. SNYDER v. NEW YORK, CHICAGO & ST. LOUIS RAILROAD CO. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Ohio. Argued November 28, 1928. Decided December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The writ of error is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 147. Mr. Frederick A. Henry for plaintiff in error. Messrs. Wm. H. Boyd and Thomas H. Hogsett, with whom Mr. Leslie Nichols was on the brief, for defendant in error. See post, p. 578. Decisions Per Curiam, etc. 278 U. S. No. 14, original. COLORADO v. KANSAS ET AL. Argued November 26, 1928. Decided December 3, 1928. Per Curiam: The motion to dismiss is denied without prejudice to any question and with leave to the defendants to answer within ninety days. Messrs. F. Dumont Smith and John G. Egan, with whom Messrs. Wm. A. Smith, Chester I. Long, and Lawrence Lewis were on the brief, for defendants in support of the motion. Messrs. Fred A. Sabin and James G. Rogers, with whom Messrs. Wm. L. Boatright, Ralph L. Carr, Henry A. Dubbs, and Platt Rogers were on the brief, for complainant in opposition thereto. No. 87. WICK ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, ETC. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. December 4, 1928. Per Curiam: Writ of error dismissed with costs for want of a final judgment. Mr. Joseph D. Sullivan for plaintiffs in Messrs. F. G. Dorety, Frank T. Post, Edwin C. Matthias, Charles S. Albert, and Thomas Balmer for defendant in error. See post, p. 575. error. No. 490. HART REFINERIES v. MONTANA. Appeal from the Supreme Court of the State of Montana. December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: On examination of the statement intended to show jurisdiction of this appeal, the Court finds that the claim of a federal question upon which this cause and the appeal are based is frivolous and the appeal is dismissed upon the authority of Raley & Bros. v. Richardson, 264 U. S. 157, 159. Mr. John E. Patterson for appellant. No appearance for appellee. See post, p. 584. No. 83. AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS Co. v. FLEISCHMANN, MORRISS & CO., INC.; No. 34. AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS Co. v. RICHMOND HARDWARE Co.; 278 U.S. Decisions Per Curiam, etc. No. 85. AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS Co. v. G. T. ELLIOTT, INC.; and No. 86. AMERICAN RAILWAY EXPRESS Co. v. NEWCOMB. Error to the Supreme Court of Appeals of the State of Virginia. Argued November 28 and December 3, 1928. Decided December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: The writs of error are dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Wuchter v. Pizzutti, 276 U. S. 13. Mr. Wyndham R. Meredith, with whom Mr. Charles W. Stockton was on the brief, for plaintiff in error. Mr. A. W. Patterson for defendant in error in No. 83. No appearance for defendants in error in Nos. 84, 85, and 86. No. 352. BRAUNSTEIN V. NEW YORK, ETC. Error to and appeal from the Court of Appeals of the State of New York. Argued December 4, 1928. Decided December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: The writ of error and the appeal are dismissed for want of a properly presented federal question on the authority of Capital City Dairy Co. v. Ohio, 183 U. S. 238, 246; Marvin v. Trout, 199 U. S. 213, 223; Hiawassee Power Co. v. Carolina-Tennessee Power Co., 252 U. S. 341, 343. Mr. Jay Leo Rothschild for plaintiff in error and appellant. Mr. Charles J. Dodd for defendant in error and appellee. No. 87. WICK ET AL. v. SUPERIOR COURT ET AL. Error to the Supreme Court of the State of Washington. Argued December 4, 1928. Decided December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: The writ of error is dismissed on the authority of § 237 (a) of the Judicial Code, as amended by the act of February 13, 1925 (43 Stat. 936, 937), because the judgment sought to be reviewed is not final within the meaning of this section, however it may be regarded in state procedure; Grays Harbor Logging Co. v. Coates Fordney Logging Co., 243 U. S. 251; Washington ex rel. McPherson Decisions Per Curiam, etc. 278 U.S. Bros. Co. v. Superior Court, 274 U. S. 726; Washington ex rel. Terry v. Superior Court, 276 U. S. 626. Mr. Joseph D. Sullivan for plaintiffs in error. Messrs. F. G. Dorety, Frank T. Post, Edwin C. Matthias, Charles S. Albert, and Thomas Balmer for defendants in error. On No. 93. SEABOARD AIR LINE RY. Co. v. JOHNSON. writ of certiorari to the Supreme Court of the State of Alabama. Argued December 5, 1928. Decided December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: The Court finds that the writ of certiorari heretofore issued in this case was improvidently granted, and it is dismissed. Mr. Robert E. Steiner, Jr., with whom Messrs. Benjamin P. Crum and Leon Weil were on the brief, for petitioner. Mr. Richard T. Rives, with whom Mr. Wm. W. Hill was on the brief, for respondent. No. 95. NEW YORK, CHICAGO AND ST. LOUIS R. R. Co. v. GRANFELL. On writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals of the State of Ohio, Eighth Judicial District. Argued December 6, 1928. Decided December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: The Court finds that the writ of certiorari heretofore issued in this case was improvidently granted, and it is dismissed. Mr. W. T. Kinder for petitioner. Mr. R. B. Newcomb for respondent. No. 97. NEW YORK AND NEW JERSEY WATER CO. ET AL. v. PASSAIC CONSOLIDATED WATER Co. Appeal from the Court of Errors and Appeals of the State of New Jersey. Argued December 6, 7, 1928. Decided December 10, 1928. Per Curiam: The appeal is dismissed for want of a substantial federal question on the authority of Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561, 569; Hull v. Burr, 234 U. S. 712, 720; Norton v. Whiteside, 239 U. S. 144, 147. Mr. |