Alonso Riera & Co. v. Benedicto

This suit in name, style .and form is brought against José E. Benedicto, Treasurer of Porto Rico, and is characterized both in the title and in the body of the complaint as an action demanding the return of money paid for the purchase of guarantee stamps.

Plaintiffs, a large number of cigar manufacturers and *99exporters of tobacco, as their cause of action against the saicl defendant, allege in substance that he is of age, a resident of San Juan and, as Treasurer of Porto Rico, is in charge of the collection of all taxes imposed by law in favor of The People of Porto Rico; that the Legislature…