U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit, 1927

Gallardo v. La Plata Tobacco Co.

U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · Decided November 3, 1927

21 F.2d 1012; 1927 U.S. App. LEXIS 2834 (Federal Reporter, Second Series)

Counsel

William C. Rigby, of Washington, D. C., J. A. Lopez Acosta, of San Juan, Porto Rico, George C. Butte, Atty. Gen., for appellant., Nelson Gammans, of New York City, for La Plata Tobacco Co., David A. Buckley, Jr., of New York City, for Fajardo Sugar Co., Francis E. Neagle, and Rounds, Dillingham, Mead & Neagle, all of New York City, for South Porto Rico Sugar Co. and Horace Havemeyer and others.

Cases that cite this one

2 later published cases cite this decision.

Puerto Rico v. Russell & Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1942)
Russell & Co. v. People of Puerto Rico (1st Cir. 1941)

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Opinion of the Court

PER CURIAM.

In view of the decision of the Supreme Court of October 24, 1927, in Smallwood et al. v. Gallardo, Treasurer of Porto Rico, 48 S. Ct. 23, 72 L. Ed.-, the decrees of the federal District Court of Porto Rico in the above-entitled casés are reversed, *1013and the eases are remanded to that court, with directions to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, without costs to either party.

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