Reciprocity Treaty (Philippine Islands) Case

• Jurisdicción: Cuba
• Fecha: 27 Junio 1929
• Número de expediente: Case No. 231
• Emisor: Corte Suprema (Cuba)

Cuba, Supreme Court.

(Escobar, Echeverria, de Zayas, Fernandez, de Montagu, JJ.)

Case No. 231

Reciprocity Treaty (Philippine Islands) Case.

Territory — In General — How far Including Territorial Overseas Possessions — The United States and the Philippine Islands.

Treaties — Operation of — How far Referring to Territorial Possessions — The United States and the Philippine Islands.

The Facts.—This case turned upon the question whether the Reciprocity and Commercial Treaty of 1902 between Cuba and the United States1 applied to the Philippine Islands. Article 5 of this Treaty provided against certain charges or fees on articles imported which are the product or manufacture of the United States or of the Republic of Cuba. The plaintiff...