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Benedicto v. Porto Rican American Tobacco Co. of Porto Rico

263 U.S. 688 Court SCOTUS Decision date 1924-01-14 Docket No. 153 English

Delivered by Per Curiam.

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p. 688
No. 153.
Jose E. Benedicto, as Treasurer of Porto Rico, v. Porto Rican American Tobacco Company of Porto Rico.

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Appeal from the District Court of the United Statés for Porto Rico.
Argued January 11, 1924.
Decided January 14, 1924.

Reversed with

p. 689
the direction to dismiss upon the authority of: (1) Irwin v. Wright, 258 U. S. 219 , 222; Gorham Mfg. Co. v. Wendell, 261 U. S. 1 , 5; (2) United States v. Hamburg-American Co., 239 U. S. 466 , 475; Board of Public Utility Commissioners v. Compañia General, 249 U. S. 425 , 426-427; Brownlow v. Schwartz, 261 U. S. 216 , 217-218.

Mr, Grant T. Trent, with whom Mr. F. Granville Munson was on the brief, for appellant. Mr. H. Lewis Brown, with whom Mr. Branch P. Kerfoot and Mr. A. PL. Burroughs were on the brief, for appellee.

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