United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit, 1955

130 opinions

Clifton Charles CAMPBELL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-02-21
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. POINSETT LUMBER & MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Respondent 1955-04-01
In the Matter of Edmond C. FLETCHER, Appellant 1955-04-01
Edmond C. FLETCHER, Appellant, v. Courtney R. YOUNG and Eleanor M. Young, his wife, Appellees 1955-04-01
George C. UPDEGRAFF, Appellant, v. Harold E. TALBOTT, Secretary of the Air Force of the United States, Appellee 1955-04-12
Robert T. ORTON, Hubert Earl Hoffler, Rubin Pierce, Henry Bryant Denby, Joseph Roughton, Gordon Emmett Lemirande, Seldon Guy Hoffler, and William Henry Johnson, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-04-12
John BEAN, Appellant, v. PIEDMONT INTERSTATE FAIR ASSOCIATION, Appellee; In the Matter of John Bean, Plaintiff, v. Piedmont Interstate Fair Association, Defendant, and Piedmont Interstate Fair Association, Third Party Plaintiff, v. Fireworks Corporation of America, a corporation, Jack Kochman and Jack Kochman, Inc., a corporation, Third Parties Defendants. C. A. 1268 1955-04-14
Charlie HALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee; Charlie Junior HALL, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-04-14
Samuel R. BEARD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-04-15
J. R. WHITLOW, Appellant, v. SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY and Western Union Telegraph Company, Appellees 1955-04-16
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Julia JASPER, an infant who sues by Bertha Jasper, her mother, as next friend, Appellee 1955-05-06
Robert CLARK, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, Respondent, Appellee 1955-05-06
James MILLER and Robert O. Aurdrey, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-06
DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES, Appellant, v. THREE FORK COAL COMPANY, Inc., (Cassity Mine, Nos. 2, 3 and 6 Openings), Appellee 1955-05-06
Harry PALY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-09
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. THOMASON PLYWOOD CORPORATION, Respondent 1955-05-09
John Wylie GASTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-09
Ella Fischer BEURY and John Farr Simons, Co-executors of the Estate of Charles E. Beury, deceased, et al., Appellants, v. William BEURY et al., Appellees 1955-05-09
L. P. THOMASON, Appellant, v. ALESTER G. FURMAN COMPANY, a Corporation, and South Carolina National Bank, a Corporation, Appellees 1955-05-09
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. ONE 1953 OLDSMOBILE 98 4 DOOR SEDAN, Motor Number R257687, Appellee 1955-05-10
Mary G. BRUCE, Administratrix of the Estate of Walter B. Bruce, Deceased, Appellant, v. LUMBERMENS MUTUAL CASUALTY COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee 1955-05-10
Lawrence Donald LEITNER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-12
Cecil D. KAUFMANN and Isabelle G. Kaufmann, in their own right and to the use and benefit of Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company, et al., Appellants, v. GRIFFITH-CONSUMERS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee 1955-05-13
Emma ECKER, Appellant, v. The ATLANTIC REFINING COMPANY, a Pennsylvania corporation, and United States of America, and Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States, as successor of the Alien Property Custodian, Appellees 1955-05-14
The MASON & DIXON LINES, Incorporated, Appellant, v. Harry S. MARTIN, Administrator of the Estate of Oscar Miller Martin, deceased, Aetna Casualty and Surety Company, and Billy Howard, Appellees 1955-05-16
Robert N. ANDERSON, Reginald B. Munson, and Hope Ross Anderson, Appellants, v. SMOOT SAND & GRAVEL CORPORATION, and United States of America, Appellees; Matter of UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN COUNTY OF ARLINGTON, State of VIRGINIA, and Howard W. Silsby, et al., Defendants 1955-05-18
FAIRMONT ALUMINUM COMPANY, Petitioner, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent 1955-05-18
J. R. ALABAUGH, W. H. Schaver, J. W. Welman, E. J. Schwenninger, C. H. Smith, and C. B. Fledderman, Appellants, v. The BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY, a body corporate, and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, an unincorporated association, et al., Appellees 1955-05-20
I. C. TURNER and E. V. Turner, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-23
Emmitt R. WARRING, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-23
AMERICAN BREWERY, Incorporated, a body corporate, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-23
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Edward I. EILAND, Trustee in Bankruptcy of Sport Coal Company, Inc., a corporation, Bankrupt, Appellee 1955-05-23
UNIVERSAL MAJOR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES, Inc., a body corporate, Appellant, v. GLENWOOD RANGE COMPANY, a body corporate, Appellee 1955-05-24
A. B. FARMER, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, Respondent, Appellee 1955-05-25
COLUMBIA BOILER CO. OF POTTSTOWN, Inc., Petitioner, v. Honorable Sterling HUTCHESON, District Judge, Eastern District of Virginia, Respondent, and Manville Boiler Co., Inc., Intervenor 1955-05-25
Thornley Durant HARRIS, Appellant, v. Rebekah PECK, Executrix of the estate of J. M. Robinson, deceased, Appellee 1955-05-25
Woodrow B. BRADLEY, Petitioner-Appellant, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, Respondent-Appellee 1955-05-25
George Harold WILTSEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-05-26
CAROLINA POWER AND LIGHT COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. R. R. JERNIGAN, Administrator of the estate of Haymie Warren, deceased, Appellee 1955-05-27
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Arthur B. KOONTZ and Mazie W. Koontz, his wife, Appellees 1955-05-27
Robert M. HARRIS, Appellant, v. DEERE AND COMPANY, Appellee 1955-06-13
Harrison ENNIS, Appellant, v. Stephen OHEARNE, Deputy Commissioner, Fourth Compensation District, and Patapsco Ship Ceiling and Stevedore Company and The Travelers Insurance Company, Appellees 1955-06-13
NORMAN LUMBER COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-06-13
UNITED CONSTRUCTION WORKERS and United Mine Workers of America, Appellants, v. HAISLIP BAKING COMPANY, a Virginia Corporation, Appellee 1955-06-13
H. L. GREEN COMPANY, Inc., Trading and Doing Business as Silvers, Appellant, v. Christine BOWEN, Appellee 1955-06-13
GENERAL ELECTRIC CREDIT CORPORATION, Appellant, v. Marion J. DAVIS, Trustee for Gaither L. Lowery and Carl S. Lowery, Individually and T/A Lowerys TV and Appliance Center, Appellee 1955-06-13
AMERICAN CASUALTY COMPANY OF READING, PENNSYLVANIA, and American Guarantee and Liability Insurance Company, Appellants, v. DENMARK FOODS, Inc., George W. Morris, Mae B. Morris, H. F. Phillips, Sr., and H. F. Phillips, Jr., Appellees 1955-06-13
Keitt SMITH, Appellant, v. Jettie I. BIGGS, Administratrix of the Estate of Lee Vester Biggs, Deceased, Appellee 1955-06-17
Delena W. McSWEENEY, Appellant, v. UTICA FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY OF ONEIDA COUNTY, N. Y., and the Implement Dealers Mutual Insurance Company, Jointly and Severally, Appellees 1955-07-09
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. F. W. POE MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Respondent 1955-07-13
William H. JACKSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-07-13
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellee 1955-07-14
Leonard C. SYKES, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-07-14
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. CORNELL-DUBILIER ELECTRIC CORPORATION, Respondent 1955-07-14
Sarah Mae FLEMMING, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA ELECTRIC AND GAS COMPANY, a corporation, Appellee 1955-07-14
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. SCHOOL-TIMER FROCKS, Inc, Respondent 1955-07-14
SOUTHERN RAILWAY COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Frank J. MADDEN, Respondent 1955-07-14
W. N. CLARK COMPANY, Appellant, v. MILLER MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Incorporated, Appellee 1955-07-15
Leonard T. MAXEY, Appellant, v. Henry David CHAPMAN, and Super Service Motor Freight Company, Inc., Appellees 1955-07-16
George P. DE HARDIT, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America Appellee 1955-07-16
Birdie R. HUDSON, Appellant, v. Stuart L. CRENSHAW, Collector of Internal Revenue, United States of America for the Eastern District of Virginia, Appellee 1955-07-18
Robert Francis CLIFTON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-07-19
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. SHIRLINGTON SUPERMARKET, Inc., and Its Subsidiaries, Shirley Food Store No. 1, Inc., Shirley Food Store No. 2, Inc., Shirley Food Store No. 5, Inc., Shirley Food Store No. 6, Inc., and Westmont Supermarket, Inc., Respondent 1955-07-25
WELCOME WAGON, Inc., a corporation, Appellant, v. Nancy Rankin MORRIS, Appellee 1955-07-26
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. TRUITT MANUFACTURING COMPANY, Respondent 1955-07-30
The GAULEY MOUNTAIN COAL COMPANY (Williams River No. 1 Mine), Appellant, v. DIRECTOR OF THE UNITED STATES BUREAU OF MINES, Appellee 1955-07-30
NATIONAL LABOR RELATIONS BOARD, Petitioner, v. MOSS PLANING MILL CO., Respondent 1955-08-01
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. TOWN OF CLARKSVILLE, VIRGINIA, Appellee 1955-08-16
NEWPORT NEWS SHIPBUILDING & DRYDOCK COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, as owner of THE Steamship P & T PATHFINDER, ex USS Du Page and otherwise known as USMC Hull No. 389, Appellee 1955-09-17
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. ALGEMENE KUNSTZIJDE UNIE, N. V., a corporation organized under the laws of the Netherlands, Appellee 1955-09-19
Albert Earl FARMER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee (two cases) 1955-10-04
Oscar A. HARRISON, Petitioner, Appellant, v. Orel J. SKEEN, Warden, West Virginia State Penitentiary, Moundsville, West Virginia, Respondent, Appellee 1955-10-04
James Edward CHITWOOD, Jr., Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-10-04
Andrew Stayton HUDSON, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-10-04
James I. CAVINESS, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-10-04
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Philip SONENSHINE and Marilyn Sonenshine, Appellees; ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Petitioner, v. Philip SONENSHINE and Marilyn Sonenshine, Respondents 1955-10-05
Mark Hanna BOYD, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-10-05
Mary G. RODGERS, as Administratrix of the Estate of Joshua Garlick, Deceased, Appellant, v. Myles P. OREILLY, Appellee 1955-10-07
L. J. WILLIAMS and Ada W. Williams, Appellants, v. Bernard B. BLITZ, Appellee 1955-10-14
Thomas BANKS, Appellant, v. Benjamin J. LIVERMAN and Noah Gilliken, Appellees 1955-10-17
Herman C. FORD and Nellie Ford, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent 1955-11-03
E. J. PONTIFEX, and Judith Rae Pontifex, an infant, who sues by E. J. Pontifex, her father, as next friend, Appellants, v. SEARS, ROEBUCK & COMPANY, Incorporated, Appellee 1955-11-04
NORFOLK, BALTIMORE and CAROLINA LINE, Inc., claimant-respondent, Appellant, v. YACHTS, Inc., as owner of THE YACHT SUNSET, Appellee 1955-11-04
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Incorporated, Appellant, v. Dennis F. HARRUP, Lester Blackmon, Beulah F. Viar, John M. Crowder, Jr., and Charles E. Roan, Appellees 1955-11-07
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Willard Alonzo WILLIAMS, Appellee 1955-11-07
NELLO L. TEER COMPANY, a corporation, Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff Below, Appellant, v. The KANAWHA VALLEY BANK, a corporation, and The Raleigh County Bank, a corporation, Plaintiffs Below, Appellees 1955-11-07
SEABOARD AIR LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. Tom GILL, Administrator of the Estates of Jessie Thomas Long, deceased, and William Thomas Long, deceased, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1955-11-07
Junius Irving SCALES, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-11-07
L. A. DE BARDELABEN, Inez P. De Bardelaben, trading as Guaranteed Waterproofing Company, of Greensboro, N. C., and James Ray Holbrook, Third Party Defendants, Appellants, v. John Dolan STALLINGS, Jr., Defendant and Third Party Plaintiff, Appellee 1955-11-07
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. Mrs. W. B. WOOD, Jr., claimant, Appellee 1955-11-07
Hugh D. CAMP and Ada C. Camp, Appellants, v. Hoke MURRAY, District Director of Internal Revenue, formerly Director of Internal Revenue, of the United States of America for the District of Virginia, at Richmond, Appellee 1955-11-07
Robert E. FUNKHOUSER and Eleanor E. Funkhouser, Petitioners, v. COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent 1955-11-07
George SESSIONS, Jr., Appellant, v. Wyndham MANNING, Sr., Superintendent, Appellee 1955-11-09
SOUTHERN MARYLAND AGRICULTURAL ASSOCIATION OF PRINCE GEORGES COUNTY, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-11-09
Percy William HERMAN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-11-09
James L. PRESLEY, Appellant, v. Vernon L. PEPPERSACK, Warden, Maryland Penitentiary, Appellee 1955-11-09
Nicholas R. JANNEY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-11-09
Harry L. CUMBERLAND, Appellant, v. WARDEN, MARYLAND PENITENTIARY, Appellee 1955-11-09
CHARLESTON SHIPYARDS, Inc., and American Casualty Company of Reading, Pennsylvania, Appellants, v. Richard P. LAWSON, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Labor, Bureau of Employees Compensation Sixth Compensation District, and Hamp Huery, Appellees 1955-11-10
Mark J. HAMMETT, Appellant, v. TIMES-HERALD, Inc., a body corporate, also known as Washington Times-Herald, Inc., Appellee 1955-11-14
Marie S. KIRKPATRICK, Margaret S. Hayes, and J. H. Pearson, Administrators of Estate of N. B. Smithey, deceased, Appellants, v. CONSOLIDATED UNDERWRITERS and T. H. Mastin & Company, Appellees 1955-11-14
Mrs. Carlton K. EBHARDT, Appellant, v. SAFEWAY STORES, INCORPORATED, Appellee 1955-11-16
Marjorie A. MULLINS, Appellant, v. CLINCHFIELD COAL CORPORATION, Appellee 1955-11-18
Lionel C. CARSON, an infant, by his next friend, Martin A. Carson, et als., Appellants, v. BOARD OF EDUCATION OF McDOWELL COUNTY, a body corporate, Appellee 1955-12-01
E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & COMPANY, Appellant, v. LYLES & LANG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, Appellee 1955-12-01
HOME UTILITIES COMPANY, Incorporated, a body corporate, Appellant, v. GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a body corporate, Appellee 1955-12-02
The BILTMORE COMPANY, Appellant, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-12-02
WESTERN MARYLAND RAILWAY COMPANY, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee (three cases) 1955-12-06
Rena C. LEO, Executrix of the Estate of Dr. Louis S. Leo, Deceased, petitioning creditor, Appellant, v. L & M REALTY CORPORATION, a Virginia corporation, Alleged Bankrupt, Appellee 1955-12-06
John E. McCLURE and Helen M. McClure, Appellants, v. The UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-12-06
JACKS COOKIE COMPANY, Appellant and Cross-Appellee, v. A. A. BROOKS, Appellee and Cross-Appellant 1955-12-08
ATLANTIC COAST LINE RAILROAD COMPANY, Appellant, v. Wylie L. FLOYD, Appellee 1955-12-08
ELK REFINING COMPANY, a corporation, Appellant, v. Edward Allen MAJHER, an infant under the age of twenty-one years, who sues by Andy Majher, his next friend, Appellee 1955-12-08
PIERCE CONTRACTORS, Inc., Appellant, v. Henry D. GREEN, Appellee 1955-12-08
UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. CERTAIN PARCELS OF LAND IN the COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, Commonwealth of VIRGINIA, and Belle Haven Realty Corporation, et al.; and W. Ralph Davis, Frank A. Leamy, et al., Appellees 1955-12-12
ACME STEEL COMPANY, Appellant, v. The EASTERN VENETIAN BLIND COMPANY, Appellee 1955-12-13
W. P. BOWERS, Former Collector of Internal Revenue, Appellant, v. SOUTH CAROLINA NATIONAL BANK OF GREENVILLE, SOUTH CAROLINA, and Marion M. Hewell, as Executors and Trustees of the Estate of Charles H. Yates, Appellees 1955-12-14
TIME, Incorporated, Appellant, v. MOTOR PUBLICATIONS, Inc., Appellee 1955-12-15
The ROYAL EXCHANGE ASSURANCE, Appellant, v. Joseph M. FRAYLON and Wife, Imedeow Fraylon, Appellees 1955-12-16
Warner WILLIAMS, Non Compos Mentis, Who Sues By and Through His Committee, Myrvin M. L. Williams, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Owner of the Steamship Nelson W. Aldrich, and Moore McCormack Lines, Incorporated, its agent, Appellees 1955-12-16
Golden C. CHINN, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-12-16
COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Petitioner, v. SUPERIOR YARN MILLS, Inc., Respondent 1955-12-21
John A. PORTER, a minor, by his Guardian ad Litem, Mrs. Alvarene Jones, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee; Cecil W. PORTER, Appellant, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-12-21
R. Arthur JETT, Roy L. Sykes and Henry E. Howell, Jr., Appellants, v. MERCHANTS AND PLANTERS BANK, Administrator d.b.n. c.t.a. of the Estate of William S. Sanders, deceased, and Sanders Products Company, Incorporated, Appellees; In the Matter of the libel of Horace T. KING, trading and doing business as Hanover Iron Works, in a cause of action civil and maritime in contract and in rem, v. THE FISH FACTORY NO. 1, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture 1955-12-22
COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA, claimant, Appellant, v. J. Archie CANNON, Trustee in Bankruptcy for Miller Motor Line of North Carolina, Inc., Appellee 1955-12-22
Clark K. SLEETH, as Health Officer of Monongalia County, West Virginia, Appellant, v. DAIRY PRODUCTS COMPANY OF UNIONTOWN, Appellee 1955-12-27
Conley Trigg FIELDS, Luther Compton and Kirby Smith, Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, Appellee 1955-12-27
W. D. DODENHOFF CO., Inc., Appellant, v. GASTONIA TEXTILE MACHINERY COMPANY, a corporation, Fiber Controls Corporation, a corporation, and Charles Barnes, Appellees; W. D. DODENHOFF CO., Inc., Appellant, v. PROCTOR & SCHWARTZ. Inc., Appellee 1955-12-27
R. C. PITTS, Individually and as Director of Internal Revenue, Appellant, v. Catherine P. HAMRICK and Wylie L. Hamrick, as Administrators of the Estate of Lyman A. Hamrick, deceased, Appellees 1955-12-30
AMERICAN MUTUAL LIABILITY INSURANCE COMPANY, Appellant, v. THOMAS & HOWARD COMPANY OF COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA, Appellee 1955-12-30