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TANG TUN v. EDSELL

No. 45.

223 U.S. 673 (1912)

TANG TUN v. EDSELL, CHINESE INSPECTOR.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 11, 1912.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. James A. Kerr, for petitioners, submitted.

Mr. Assistant Attorney General Harr for the United States.

MR. JUSTICE HUGHES delivered the opinion of the court.

On June 22, 1906, Tang Tun and Leung Kum Wui, his wife, Chinese persons, sought entry to the United States at the port of Sumas, State of Washington, and were denied admission by the inspector in charge, whose order was affirmed by the Secretary of Commerce and Labor. Application was then made to the District Court of the United States for a writ of habeas corpus....

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