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RICHARDSON v. FAJARDO SUGAR CO.

No. 280.

241 U.S. 44 (1916)

36 S.Ct. 476

60 L.Ed. 879

RICHARDSON, AS TREASURER OF PORTO RICO, v. FAJARDO SUGAR COMPANY.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1916.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Samuel T. Ansell, with whom Mr. Howard L. Kern and Mr. Lewis W. Call were on the brief, for plaintiff in error.

Mr. Lorenzo D. Armstrong, with whom Mr. Joseph W. Murphy was on the brief, for defendant in error.

MR. JUSTICE McREYNOLDS delivered the opinion of the court.

Taxes for the fiscal year 1911-1912 amounting to $7038 were assessed against defendant in error on account of certain personal property and were paid under protest. Purporting to proceed under Act No. 35, Laws of Porto Rico, 1911 (copied in margin),1 and claiming the assessment was wholly illegal, the Sugar Company brought this suit to...

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