of Westborough Hospital station crossing in Northborough. Thomas Post, William Wheeler and Alpheus Sanford appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Guy W. Currier appointed auditor. Auditor's first report filed. Pending.

Northbridge and Uxbridge, joint petition of Selectmen of. Petition for abolition of Whitin's station crossing. Alpheus Sanford, Edward B. Bishop and Harry C. Southworth appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Fred E. Jones appointed auditor. Auditor's fifth report filed. Disposed of. Southborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of crossing on road from Southborough to Framingham. Samuel W. McCall, Louis A. Frothingham and Eugene C. Hultman appointed commissioners. Pending.

Southborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of crossing on road leading from Southborough to Hopkinton. George C. Travis, James W. McDonald and William Sullivan appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. Theodore C. Hurd appointed auditor. Auditor's third report filed. Pending.

Southborough, Selectmen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Main Street crossing at Fayville in Southborough. Pending.

West Boylston. Boston & Maine Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Prescott Street crossing. Pending. Westborough, Selectmen of, and Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Main Street and Summer Street crossings in Westborough. George W. Wiggin, George N. Smalley and Joseph Bennett appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. H. L. Parker appointed auditor. Auditor's third report filed. Disposed of.

Worcester, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of crossings at Exchange, Central and Thomas streets. Arthur Lord, George F. Swain and Fred Joy appointed commissioners. Pending.

Worcester, Mayor and Aldermen of, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Grafton Street crossing and eight other crossings, including alterations of Union Station. James R. Dunbar, James H. Flint and George F. Swain appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. James A.

Stiles appointed auditor.

Auditor's tenth report filed.

Pending. Worcester. Directors of Boston & Albany Railroad Company, petitioners. Petition for abolition of Webster Street, Ludlow Street, Sutton Lane and Heard Street crossings in Worcester. Harvey N. Shepard, Frederick Brooks and Joseph S. Ludlam appointed commissioners. Commissioners' report filed. James A. Stiles appointed auditor. Auditor's amended second report filed. Pending.

The following cases have been brought for alleged land damages incurred in the alteration of grade crossings. The Commonwealth, being obliged under the statutes to pay at least twenty-five per cent. of the expenses incurred in the alteration of all grade crossings, has in all cases been made a party thereto.

Belmont v. Boston & Maine Railroad et al. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Boston & Maine Railroad v. Belmont. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Fitchburg Railroad Company v. Belmont. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Lovejoy, Augustus, v. Commonwealth et al. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Malden v. Boston & Maine Railroad Company. Superior Court, Middlesex County. Pending.

Worcester v. Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Railroad Company et al. Superior Court, Worcester County. Pending.

CASES ARISING IN THE COURTS

UNDER THE

ACTS RELATIVE TO INHERITANCE AND SUCCESSION TAXES.

PETITION FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

Barnstable County.

Horton, Charles P., estate of. Arthur H. Phippen et al., executors. Petition for instructions.

Berkshire County.

Decree.

Final

White, Matilda W., estate of. Frank H. Butler, administrator. Petition for instructions and discharge of lien. decree.

Bristol County.

Haskell, Mary S., estate of. Frank C. Haskell, administrator.

Petition for instructions.

Simmons, Allen S., estate of. ecutors. Petition for waived right to be heard.

Pending.

Robert F. Raymond et al., exinstructions. Attorney-General

Essex County.

Cheever, Samuel, estate of.

Petition for instructions.

Gorrill, Mark S., estate of.

William C. Rust, administrator.
Pending.

Clinton R. Thom et al., adminis

trators. Petition for instructions. Pending.

Nichols, Mary C., estate of. Frank O. Woods, executor. Petition for instructions. Pending.

Franklin County.

Hosmer, Maria L., estate of. John L. Baker et al., executors. Petition for instructions. Pending.

Hampshire County.

Welton, Walter B., estate of. Henry W. Kidder, administrator. Petition for instructions. Pending.

Middlesex County.

Langdell, Margaret E., estate of. Eugene Wambaugh et al.,

executors. Petition for instructions.

waived right to be heard.

Langdell, Margaret E., estate of.

Attorney-General

Eugene Wambaugh, et al.,

executors. Petition for instructions. Pending.

Mink, Louis, estate of. Frank Louis Mink, executor. Petition for instructions.

Decree.

Minot, George, estate of. Arthur O. Fuller, trustee. Petition for instructions. Attorney-General waived right to be heard.

Mitchell, Austin R., estate of. James L. Richards et al., executors. Petition for instructions and postponement. Decree.

Norfolk County.

Hall, William F., estate of, Fannie M. H. Fegan, administratrix. Petition for instructions. Attorney-General waived right to be heard.

Suffolk County.

Browne, Charles A., estate of. Ida F. Richardson, executrix. Petition for instructions. Dismissed.

Fessenden, Ferdinand S., estate of. Samuel Pote, trustee. Petition for instructions. Decree.

Howe, Irving A., estate of. D. J. Lord, administrator. Petition of Treasurer and Receiver-General for payment of tax on certain legacies. Settled.

Marshall, James C., estate of. The New England Trust Company, petitioner. Petition for instructions. Pending. O'Keefe, Patrick, estate of. Martin Hayes et al., executors. Decree.

Petition for instructions.

Rogers, Mary P., estate of. Albert W. Thompson, petitioner.

Hart, Thomas N., executor, v. Edwin F. Warren et al. Petition for instructions. Disposed of.

Worcester County.

Burnap, Harriet T., estate of. Samuel W. Miller, administrator. Petition for instructions. Decree.

Thayer, Eugene V. R., estate of. Nathaniel Thayer et al., executors. Petition for instructions. Decree.

INVENTORIES.

Barnstable County.

Clark, Achsah S., estate of. Lewis F. Clark, administrator.

. Pending.

Webquish, Miranda V., estate of. Edward S. Ellis, administrator. Dismissed.

Berkshire County.

Coughlin, William, estate of. Annie T. Coughlin, administratrix. Dismissed.

Harrington, William A., estate of. Orceala Harrington, administratrix. Final decree.

Voll, Elizabeth, estate of. Minnie V. Potter, administratrix. Final decree.

Bristol County.

Margaret Baines, administrator.

Baines, James, estate of.

Final decree.

Baker, Nancy J., estate of. Leonard F. King, administrator. Final decree.

Conway, Martin J., estate of. Martin Conway et al., administrators. Final decree.

Didier, Francois, estate of. Jean B. Jean, administrator. Final decree.

Johnson, Ann, estate of. Betsey Miller, administratrix. Final

Pierce, Edward A., estate of. Morris R. Brownell, administrator. Dismissed.

Reilly, Mary, estate of. Mary E. Banks, administratrix. Final

decree.

Rogers, Helen A., estate of. James W. Richardson, administrator. Pending.

Sullivan, Mary E., estate of. Daniel Sullivan, executor.

missed.