WEEDIN v. CHIN BOW

No. 4442.

7 F.2d 369 (1925)

WEEDIN, Com'r of Immigration, v. CHIN BOW.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

August 3, 1925.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thos. P. Revelle, U. S. Atty., and Donald G. Graham, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of Seattle, Wash., for appellant.

Henry A. Monroe, of Seattle, Wash., and A. Warner Parker, of Washington, D. C., for appellee.

Fred H. Lysons, of Seattle, Wash., and George A. McGowan, of San Francisco, Cal., amicus curiæ.

Before GILBERT, HUNT, and RUDKIN, Circuit Judges.


RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order allowing a writ of habeas corpus and granting a discharge. The appellee applied for admission to the United States as a citizen thereof, and as the minor son of a citizen. His claim of citizenship is based on section 1993 of the Revised Statutes (Comp. St. § 3947) which provides: "All children heretofore born or hereafter born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States, whose fathers were or...

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