Case Name: Juan G. GALLARDO, Treasurer, Defendant, Appellant, v. LA PLATA TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee; SAME v. FAJARDO SUGAR COMPANY; SAME v. SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR COMPANY; SAME v. Horace HAVEMEYER et al.
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1927-11-03
Citations: 21 F.2d 1012
Docket Number: Nos. 2052-2054, 2066, 2067, 2069-2080
Parties: Juan G. GALLARDO, Treasurer, Defendant, Appellant, v. LA PLATA TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee. SAME v. FAJARDO SUGAR COMPANY. SAME v. SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR COMPANY. SAME v. Horace HAVEMEYER et al.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 21
Pages: 1012–1013

Head Matter:
Juan G. GALLARDO, Treasurer, Defendant, Appellant, v. LA PLATA TOBACCO COMPANY, Plaintiff, Appellee. SAME v. FAJARDO SUGAR COMPANY. SAME v. SOUTH PORTO RICO SUGAR COMPANY. SAME v. Horace HAVEMEYER et al.
Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.
November 3, 1927.
Nos. 2052-2054, 2066, 2067, 2069-2080.
William C. Rigby, of Washington, D. C., J. A. Lopez Acosta, of San Juan, Porto Rico, George C. Butte, Atty. Gen., for appellant.
Nelson Gammans, of New York City, for La Plata Tobacco Co.
David A. Buckley, Jr., of New York City, for Fajardo Sugar Co.
Francis E. Neagle, and Rounds, Dillingham, Mead & Neagle, all of New York City, for South Porto Rico Sugar Co. and Horace Havemeyer and others.
Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
In view of the decision of the Supreme Court of October 24, 1927, in Smallwood et al. v. Gallardo, Treasurer of Porto Rico, 48 S. Ct. 23, 72 L. Ed.-, the decrees of the federal District Court of Porto Rico in the above-entitled casés are reversed, and the eases are remanded to that court, with directions to dismiss for want of jurisdiction, without costs to either party.