Eastern Sugar Associates v. Sugar Board

This case involves the meaning and constitutionality of the provision in § 6 (a) of the Sugar Act of Puerto Rico — Act No. 426, Laws of Puerto Rico, 1951 — that “The central shall be bound to provide gratuitously to all its colonos hoisting service and the necessary personnel for the operation thereof at each point designated by the central for the delivery of cane.”

The above-quoted portion of § 6(a) must be read in its setting. Section 6 establishes the terms and conditions for the transportation and hauling of colono cane. Section 6(a) provides that if the central furnishes the means of…