Basso v. United States
United States Court of Claims
The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant above named, Narciso Basso, is a native inhabitant of the island of Porto Rico, and at all the times referred to in the petition resided and now resides in the town of Humacao, in said island. II.
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The Reporters' statement of the case: The following are the facts of the case as found by the court: I. The claimant above named, Narciso Basso, is a native inhabitant of the island of Porto Rico, and at all the times referred to in the petition resided and now resides in the town of Humacao, in said island. II. On the 10th day of December, 1898, a treaty of peace between the United States of America and the Kingdom of Spain was concluded and signed by their respective plenipotentiaries at Paris, in the French Republic. Said treaty was ratified by the Senate and by the President of the United…
1Opinion of the CourtWeight, J.
During the war with Spain and before April 11, 1899, the date of the exchange of ratifications of the treaty of peace, the island of Porto Rico was occupied bjr the military authorities of the United States, and among other regulations for the government of the island during said military occupation the War Department prescribed the collection of duties on all articles imported into Porto Rico. Officers of the Army were designated to act and did act as collectors of customs of the several ports and enforced the collections of such customs tariff.
On the 27th day of June, 1899, by authority of…
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