LEE LUNG v. PATTERSON

No. 189.

186 U.S. 168 (1902)

LEE LUNG v. PATTERSON.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 19, 1902.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. John H. Mitchell for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Hoyt for appellee submitted on his brief.


MR. JUSTICE McKENNA delivered the opinion of the court.

This is an appeal from a judgment which dismissed a petition in habeas corpus on the ground that the court had no jurisdiction to grant the relief which was prayed. The petitioner represented that he was a citizen of the Chinese Empire, and for more than twenty years last past a merchant in the city of Portland, Oregon. He went on a visit to China, but returned...

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