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Show COURT UPHOLDS ' LIPSTAIUIE Idaho case brings ruling ' against booze held prior to passage of law United States Funds Deported in Failed Banks Are Not Entitled En-titled to Preferential Payments t Washington, State laws prohibit-fng prohibit-fng the possession of intoxicating liquors acquired before national prohibition pro-hibition were sustained by the supreme su-preme court. The court affirmed the conviction of Raymond Moore under the laws of 7 Idaho, for having in his possession Intoxicating liquor. He asserted that the liquor was obtained prior to national na-tional prohibition, and dened that the State could prohibit him from having what the federal laws permitted. The supreme court also, declared that United States government deposits de-posits In failed banks are not entitled en-titled to preferential payment. The question was raised by the United . States Fidelity and Guaranty Guaran-ty company after failure of the Bank of Commerce of Okmulgee, Okla. The supreme court affirmed the decision of the lower court. South Dakota's oil inspection law was sustained by the supreme court In another decision. The . decision of the lower court, was affirmed The constitutionality of the law had been attacked by the Peterson Oil company of Dell Rapids, 6. D., on the contention that it interfered inter-fered with interstate commerce. The supreme court refused to review re-view a case which sought to bring up the following question: Whether the injunction granted by the federal courts in California restraining re-straining officials of the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Railroad Rail-road Trainmen from attempting to unionize the employes of the Pacific Electric Railway company, with principal prin-cipal headquarters in Los Angeles, was valid. The supreme court Monday dismissed dis-missed for want of jurisdiction an appeal ap-peal brought by the Great Northern Railway company against the Gail-breath Gail-breath Cattle company and others to determine whether claims for damages dam-ages growing out of the interstate shipment of cattle must be tried in federal courts. |