
    No. 697.
    Sidney J. Brooks, Receiver, etc., Appellant, v. Empire Trust Company et al.
    Appeal from the United States Circuit Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
    Motion to dismiss submitted December 10, 1917.
    Decided December 17, 1917.
    
      Mr. Joseph W. Bailey, and Mr. Chester H. Terrell for appellant.
    
      Mr. Thomas H. Franklin and Mr. Stephen H. Olin for appellees.
   Per Curiam.

Dismissed for want of jurisdiction upon the authority of (1) Rouse v. Letcher, 156 U. S. 47; Gregory v. Van Ee, 160 U. S. 643; St. Louis, K. C. & C. R. R. Co. v. Wabash R. R. Co., 217 U. S. 247, 250; Shulthis v. McDougal, 225 U. S. 561; (2) Gumbel v. Pitkin, 113 U. S. 545; Rouse v. Letcher, 156 U. S. 47, 60; Carey v. Houston & Texas Central R. Co., 161 U. S. 115.  