UNITED STATES v. NESS

No. 284.

245 U.S. 319 (1917)

UNITED STATES v. NESS.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 10, 1917.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The Solicitor General for the United States.

Mr. Denis M. Kelleher, with whom Mr. B.J. Price was on the brief, for respondent.


MR. JUSTICE BRANDEIS delivered the opinion of the court.

This suit was brought under § 151 of the Naturalization Act (June 29, 1906, 34 Stat. 596), in the District Court of the United States for the Northern District of Iowa, to cancel a certificate of naturalization issued to Ness by a state court of Iowa on May 21, 1912. The naturalization is alleged to have been "illegally procured," because...

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