Cami v. Central Victoria, Ltd.

This is a suit to prevent the collection of a tax imposed by a municipal ordinance of Carolina, Porto Rico, on the ground that the ordinance is void. The Supreme Court of the Island upheld the tax, 30 P. R. 413, but the judgment was reversed by the Circuit Court of Appeals, 295 Fed. 809, following its decision on the same day in Successors of C. & J. Fantauzzi v. Municipal Assembly of Arroyo, 295 Fed. 803. A writ of certiorari was granted by this Court. 265 U. S. 577. Had the Circuit Court of Appeals deferred to the local interpretation of Porto Rican statutes, we should not have granted a…