M. H. Pulaski Co. v. United States
Court of Customs and Patent Appeals
STATEMENT. These 14 eases, commonly known as the “Five Per Cent Oases,” involve the construction of certain paragraphs in the tariff act of 1013 that are a part of section 4 and are in text as follows: “B. That nothing in this act contained shall he so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States and the Kepuhlic of Cuba on the eleventh day of December, nineteen hundred…
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STATEMENT. These 14 eases, commonly known as the “Five Per Cent Oases,” involve the construction of certain paragraphs in the tariff act of 1013 that are a part of section 4 and are in text as follows: “B. That nothing in this act contained shall he so construed as to abrogate or in any manner impair or affect the provisions of the treaty of commercial reciprocity concluded between the United States and the Kepuhlic of Cuba on the eleventh day of December, nineteen hundred and two, or the provisions of the act of Congress heretofore passed for the execution of the same, except as to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Barber, Judge,
delivered tbe opinion, of the court:
These cases, some fourteen in number, are generally known as the “Five Per Cent Cases.” Some of them involve one only and others more than one of the various issues. Numerous counsel for the litigating parties and an amicus curien have filed briefs and made full oral arguments, all of which have been carefully considered by the court.
The importance of these cases has not been overlooked, and we are indebted to the eminent counsel who have so ably and fully presented their respective views and the authorities supporting the same.
While the.…
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