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 24 (2d)

MARCH-MAY, 1928

ST. PAUL

WEST PUBLISHING CO.

NATIONAL REPORTER SYSTEM

1928

VOL. 24 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.

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

SECOND CIRCUIT

Hon. HARLAN FISKE STONE, Circuit Justice

Washington, D. C.

New York, N. Y.
New York, N. Y.
New Haven, Conn.

New York, N. Y. . Norwalk, Conn. Norwalk, Conn.

Brooklyn, N. Y.

Hon. EDWIN S. THOMAS, District Judge, Connecticut
Hon. WARREN B. BURROWS, District Judge, Connecticut2
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. . Utica, N. Y.
Hon. JOHN CLARK KNOX, District Judge, S. D. New York. New York, N. Y.
Hon. FRANCIS A. WINSLOW, District Judge, S. D. New York. . New York, N. Y.
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

Washington, D. C.

Pittsburgh, Pa. Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J. Wilmington, Del.

Trenton, N. J.

Trenton, N. J.

Newark, N. J.

Newark, N. J.

Philadelphia, Pa.

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..
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., Pa.

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 Greensboro, N. C.
Hon. JAMES E. BOYD, District Judge, W. D. North Carolina Greensboro, N. C.
Hon. EDWIN Y. WEBB, District Judge, W. D. North Carolina . . Charlotte, N. C.
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
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.,
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. Georgia3
Hon. WILLIAM H. BARRETT, District Judge, S. D. Georgia
Hon. LOUIS H. BURNS, District Judge, E. D. Louisiana