Fourteen Diamond Rings v. United States

Citations

• 183 U.S. 176
• 46 L. Ed. 138
• 22 S. Ct. 59
• 1901 U.S. LEXIS 1264

Syllabus

<p>1. The ruling in Be Lima v. Bidwell, 182 U. S. 1, reaffirmed and applied.</p> <p>2. No distinction, so far as the question determined in that case is concerned, can he made between the Philippines and the Island of Porto Eico, after the ratification of the treaty of peace between the United States and Spain, April-11, 1899, and certainly not</p> <p>(a) Because of the passage by the Senate alone, by a majority, but not two thirds of a quorum, of a joint resolution in respect to the intention ' of the Senate in the ratification;</p> <p>(b) Or, because of the armed resistance of the native inhabitants, or of uncivilized tribes, in the Philippines, to the dominion of the United States;</p> <p>(c) Or, because one of the justices who concurred in the judgment in Be Lima v. Bidwell, also concurred in the judgment in Bownes v. Bidwell, 182 U. S. 244.</p>