| Show IS OF aw pill ull NOT supreme court hands down opinion which sets the matter at rest case or g bated in connection with the Import at on of a few boxes of C gars isle an integral part of cuba wa washington wahington hington that the isle of pines Is not american territory has been officially and judicially decided by the supreme court of the united states the decision was ren cared in the case of edward J pearcy vs nevada N stranahan collected col lecter of the port ot of new york and the opinion of the court was anno meed by chief jus tice puller fuller who said that up to the paris 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 hico RICO the case originated in connection with the imp importation of a few boxes cearcy tt of cig cigars by pearcy in september 1903 b it its hearing by the court was from time to time passed in the hope that the status of the island might be definitely decided by legislation or diplomacy the cigars were made in the isle of pines of tobacco grown there and when they arrived pear cy refused to pay duty on the ground that they were 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 is missed the appeal |
