Show supreme court hands down opinion winch sets the matter at rest case or g bated n connect on W th the important at on of a few boxes of gars isle an integral part of cuba washington that the isle of pines Is not territory has been officially and j lally decided by the supreme court of the united states the decision was rendered in the case of edward J pearcy vs nevada N stranahan collected col lecter ot the port ot new york and the opinion of the court was announced by chief jus tice fuller who said that up to the pans treaty the isle of pines had been considered as an integral part of cuba and that it could not be held to be covered by article two of that treaty which included only islands in the vicinity of porto rico the case originated in connection with the import at on of a few boxes of cigars by pearcy in september 1909 b t its heair g by the was from time to time passed in the hope that the status of the island be definitely decided by legislation or diplomacy the kigais were made in the isle of P nes of tobacco grown there and when they arrived pear cy refused to pay duty on the gro ind that they of domestic origin the collector thereupon seized them and pearcy appealed to the united states circuit court where he secured no relief as that court sustained a de filed by the government and dismissed the appeal |