GAGNON v. UNITED STATES

No. 163.

193 U.S. 451 (1904)

GAGNON v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 21, 1904.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. George A. King and Mr. William E. Harvey, with whom Mr. William B. King was on the brief, for appellant.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Thompson, with whom Mr. Assistant Attorney Peyton was on the brief, for the United States.


MR. JUSTICE BROWN delivered the opinion of the court.

This case raises the simple question whether thirty-three years after a judgment naturalizing an alien is alleged to have been rendered but not recorded, or if recorded, the record lost, a common law court has jurisdiction to enter such judgment of naturalization nunc pro tunc, when no entry or memorandum appeared upon the record or files at the time the original...

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