United States v. United Cigar Stores Co.

A verified consular invoice dated Manila, P. I., June 25, 1909, shows that the United Cigar Stores Co., a corporation organized under the laws of New Jersey, purchased at Manila from the Philippine Co. (Ltd.), at a cost of $3,387.25, inclusive of packing and other charges, 225,000 cigars manufactured from tobacco the growth and product of the Philippine Islands. It appears from the bill of lading in evidence *451that the cigars so purchased were delivered at Manila on June 25, 1909, to the Pacific Mail Steamship Co. for carriage from that place to New York, shipment thereof to be by the steamship…