Ecker et al. v. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al.; Crocker First National Bank et al. v. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al.; Western Pacific Railroad Co. v. Ecker et al.; Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al.; and Irving Trust Co., Trustee, v. Crocker First National Bank et al.

No. 819. No. 820. No. 885. No. 989. No. 1086. Ecker et al. v. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al.; Crocker First National Bank et al. v. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al.; Western Pacific Railroad Co. v. Ecker et al.; Reconstruction Finance Corporation v. Western Pacific Railroad Corp. et al.; and Irving Trust Co., Trustee, v. Crocker First National Bank et al. April 27, 1942. Messrs. Robert T. Swaine and Herbert W. Clark for petitioners in' No. 819. Messrs. Orville W. Wood and Arthur A. Gammell for petitioners in No. 820. Mr. Frank C. Nicodemus, Jr. for petitioner in No. 885. Solicitor General Fahy for petitioner in No. 989. Messrs. Harold C. McCollom and Orrin G. Judd for petitioner in No. 1086. Messrs. Edward G. Buckland and William J. Kane for the Railroad Credit Corporation; Mr. Robert E. Coulson for A. C. James Co.; and Mr. M. C. Sloss for the Western Pacific Railroad Corporation, respondents in Nos. 819, 820, 885, and 989. Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Daniel W. Knowlton filed a memorandum on behalf of the Interstate Commerce Commission, as amicus curiae, in Nos. 819,820, and 989, urging grant of the writs. [MAJORITY] Petitions for writs of certiorari to the Circuit Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit granted.