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holding that Puerto Rico and Hawaii were not foreign countries within the meaning of tariff laws
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No. 340, No. 515
No. 340 was argued December 17, 18, 19, 20, 1900; No. 515 was argued January 14, 15, 1901. The two were decided together May 27, 1901.
De Lima v. Bidwell, ante, 1, followed by reversing the action of the general appraisers.
Mr. Edward C. Perkins and Mr. Everit Brown for appellant in No. 340. Mr. J.B. Henderson also filed a brief for same. Mr. E. Ham, Mr. Alexander Porter Morse and Mr. Charles F. Manderson filed a brief in this case on behalf of industrial interests in the States.
Mr. Attorney General for the United States.
Mr. W. Wickham Smith for appellants in No. 515. Mr. Charles Curie was on his brief.
Mr. Solicitor General for the United States.
As the sole question presented by the record in these cases was whether Porto Rico and the Hawaiian Islands were foreign countries within the meaning of the tariff laws, we must hold, for the reasons stated in De Lima v. Bidwell, just decided, that the board of general appraisers had no jurisdiction of the cases.
The judgments of the Circuit Court are therefore reversed, and the cases remanded to that court with instructions to reverse the action of the board of general appraisers.