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Civil Procedure · MBE-tested
Societe Anonyme des Sucreries de St. Jean, Plaintiff in Error, v. The United States
226 U.S. 600·Supreme Court of the United States·1912
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Opinion
No. 8.
Societe Anonyme des Sucreries de St. Jean, Plaintiff in Error, v. The United States.
In error to the District .Court of the United States for Porto Rico.
Argued October 30, 1912.
Decided November 4, 1912.
Mr. Colley W. Bell, Mr. Hugh B. Rowland and Mr. Benjamin S. Minor for the plaintiff in error.
The Attorney General and Mr. Assistant Attorney General Denison for the defendant in error.
[MAJORITY — Per Curiam:]
Per Curiam:
Judgment affirmed. Gonzales v. Buist, 224 U. S. 126, 130; Humes v. United States, 170 U. S. 210, 212; Schlemmer v. Buffalo R. R. Co., 205 U. S. 1, 10; Improvement Co. v. Munson, 14 Wall. 442, 448.