Porto Rico American Tobacco Co. v. Benedicto

HamiltoN, Judge,

delivered tbe following opinion:

The suit at bar is one against the Treasurer of Porto Eico to restrain the collection of charges under an act of the local legislature approved March 11, 1915, designed, according to ■its title, “to protect Porto Eicans cigars from fraudulent mis-Tepresentation, by providing for adequate expert inspection, and the issue of stamps of guaranty covering the origin of tobacco used in the manufacture of such cigars intended for •exportation, and for other purposes.”

The contention is that this act is unconstitutional and furthermore contravenes the…