Roig v. Sugar Board

The question presented by this case is the validity of §6(c) of Act No. 426, Laws of Puerto Rico, 1951, known as the “Sugar Act of Puerto Rico”, which provides that “In those cases where portable tracks have been used by the central for the transportation of a colono’s cane, the central shall be bound to furnish to the colono, without any cost whatsoever to the colono, the said portable tracks and the necessary rolling material; and it shall also be bound to pay to the colono, as hauling expenses, five (5) cents for each ton of cane.”

Sugar cane grown by a number of colonos is ground at…