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Show DECISIONS OF SUPREME COURT Washington, March 10 What the supreme court did today: Sustained the decision of the court of the District of Columbia upholding the right of the old Washington Jockey Jock-ey club to bar Joseph Marrone from the trar k M.-irrone had a horse In the fall meeting of 1907 which It was al leged he "doped " He was ruled off and later refused admittance to the grandstand Then he sued for damages dam-ages Held valid contracts limiting the recovery re-covery for loss of shipments by railroads rail-roads In the case of the Kansas City Southern Railway company against J. M. Carl of Gentry. Ark. The practice of railroads allowing two rates, dependent de-pendent upon the valuation placed on the goods and the risks assumed by the carrier, was upheld A Blmllar ruling rul-ing was given In the case of the Missouri, Mis-souri, Kansas & Texas railroad against FL L. Harrlman and A C. Horr of Pilot Grove, Mo Denied the petition of Gordon R McGee, now In the Leavenworth penitentiary, pen-itentiary, for leave- to file a petition for a writ of habeas corpus McGoe was convicted at Kansas City of posing pos-ing as a United States secret service agent. |