1919, July 11, 41 Stat. 157, Western Union Telegraph Co---1919, October 28, 41 Stat. 305: 38 Corning Distilling Co---- Luckenbach S. S. Co---- 268 679 1919, November 10, 41 Stat. 353, Luckenbach S. S. Co---1920, February 28, 41 Stat. 456: Chicago & Eastern Illinois Ry. Co--- Niagara Junction Ry. Co‒‒‒‒‒ 1920, May 18, 41 Stat. 601, Bullard, administratrix__. 1920, June 4, 41 Stat. 759, De Court____. 679 193 204 264 130 1920, June 5, 41 Stat. 948, Luckenbach S. S. Co-‒‒‒‒ 679 1920, June 5, 41 Stat. 988, Burns et al., receivers. 142 1921, February 6, 41 Stat. 1097, Osage Tribe of Indians. 64 1921, May 27, 42 Stat. 8, Luckenbach S. S. Co-‒‒‒ 679 1921, November 23, 42 Stat. 227: Feather River Lumber Co.. 54 58 134 1922, July 1, 42 Stat. 814, Burns et al., receivers_. 142 1922, September 21, 42 Stat. 1004, Luckenbach S. S. Co‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ 679 1923, March 4, 42 Stat. 1504, Minnesota Mutual Life Ins. Co--- 481 1924, April 2, 43 Stat. 33, Benedict, trustee_. 437 1924, May 31, 43 Stat. 245, Calhoun, administrator_ 545 Page 1925, March 3, 43 Stat. 1115, Minnesota Mutual Life Ins. Co.- 481 1925, March 4, 43 Stat. 1269, Electric Boat Co‒‒‒‒‒ 1926, February 26, 44 Stat. 9: Merrill et al., administrators__ Second National Bank of Saginaw, trustee-. Stauffer, Eshleman & Co., Ltd--- Wells Mfg. Co--- Minnesota Mutual Life Ins. Co-- Colgate & Co- White Dental Mfg. Co____ Clark Distilling Co----- 1926, July 3, 44 Stat. 900, Luckenbach S. S. Co-‒‒‒. Merrill et al., administrators_. 333 136 166 277 283 481 510 624 726 679 283 667 545 136 589 624 726 PROCEEDINGS ON THE DEATHS OF JUDGE CHARLES B. HOWRY AND CHIEF JUSTICE STANTON J. PEELLE, RETIRED On October 1, 1928, the court, having met according to adjournment, announced the deaths during the summer recess of Judge Charles B. Howry and Chief Justice Stanton J. Peelle, former members of the court. Thereupon the court was addressed by members of the bar as follows: By Mr. George A. King: Since this court last met two of its former judges retired from active service for many years have passed away. Charles B. Howry was born at Oxford, Mississippi, May 14, 1844. His education at the University of Mississippi was suspended by the call to arms. As a mere boy he enlisted in the Confederate Army as a private, later became an officer, and was severely wounded. When the war was over he studied law and engaged in active practice. He described the legal fraternity of Mississippi in his early days with just pride as "a bar inferior to none in its day and generation." (Ayres v. United States, 42 C. Cls. 385, 399.) In 1893 he was appointed Assistant Attorney General, and in 1897 judge of the Court of Claims by President Cleveland. He retired in 1915. His activity still continued after his retirement. He acted as chairman of a board of arbitration between twelve railroads and their employees. He passed away at the age of 84, July 20, 1928. Stanton J. Peelle was born near Richmond, Indiana, February 11, 1843. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the Union Army as a corporal, was soon promoted to an officer, and served throughout the war. After the war he studied law and practiced at Indianapolis. He served as a member of both the State and national legislatures. In 1892 he was appointed judge of the Court of Claims by President Harrison, and in 1906 chief justice by President Roosevelt. He retired at the age of 70 in 1913. He continued after his retirement to take an active interest in church and charitable work as he had done all his life. He also took an active interest in the cause of good government in Montgomery County, Maryland, where he resided for a number of years after his retirement. After the World War he was called back into public service as a member of the War Department Claims Board where his great knowledge of the law of Government contracts XXXIII |