VOLUME 273 CASES ADJUDGED IN THE SUPREME COURT AT OCTOBER TERM, 1926 FROM JANUARY 3, 1927 (IN PART) ERNEST KNAEBEL REPORTER UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON 1927 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office Under the Act of May 29, 1926, 44 Stat. 677, copies of this volume may be purchased from the Superintendent of Documents, Government Printing Office, Washington, D. C., at cost plus 10 per cent. I JUSTICES OF THE SUPREME COURT DURING THE TIME OF THESE REPORTS 1 WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT, CHIEF JUSTICE. JOHN G. SARGENT, ATTORNEY GENERAL. WILLIAM R. STANSBURY, CLERK. FRANK KEY GREEN, MARSHAL. 1 For allotment of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices among the several circuits, see p. IV, post. III SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES. OCTOBER TERM, 1926.1 ORDER OF ALLOTMENT OF JUSTICES. It is ordered, That the following allotment be made of the Chief Justice and Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, agreeably to the act of Congress in such case made and provided, and that such allotment be entered of record, viz: For the First Circuit, OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, Associate Justice. For the Second Circuit, HARLAN FISKE STONE, Associate Justice. For the Third Circuit, LOUIS DEMBITZ BRANDEIS, Associate Justice. For the Fourth Circuit, WILLIAM H. TAFT, Chief Justice. For the Fifth Circuit, EDWARD T. SANFORD, Associate Justice. For the Sixth Circuit, JAMES C. MCREYNOLDS, Associate Justice. For the Seventh Circuit, PIERCE BUTLER, Associate Justice. For the Eighth Circuit, WILLIS VAN DEVANTER, Associate Justice. For the Ninth Circuit, GEORGE SUTHERLAND, Associate Justice. March 16, 1925. 1 For next previous allotment, see 268 U. S., p. IV. IV TABLE OF CASES REPORTED. Page. A Cargo of 3,253 Tons of Coal, United States, sub stituted for Bergman v... 696 A Cargo of 3,248 Tons of Coal, United States, sub Aetna Life Ins. Co., Kimble, Administrators, v... ... 757 Aetna Life Ins. Co., Tooley, Executrix, v. 755 Alaska S. S. Co., Ellamar Mining Co. v.. 780 Alexander Milburn Co. v. Union Carbide & Carbon 757 Allen, Collector, Shukert, Executrices, v. 545 Allen, Ohio ex rel., v. Lutz. ... 654 Allen v. New York, Philadelphia & Norfolk R. R. Co. Allen, Toledo, St. Louis & Western R. R. Co. v..... 688 Allison, Executrices, Dodge v. 756 774 Alvey-Ferguson Co., Schoenhofen Brewing Co. v... 743 American Chain Co. v. Weaver, Inc... 699 American Exchange Irving Trust Co., Executor, v. |