DAMON v. JOHNSON

No. 1981.

13 F.2d 285 (1926)

DAMON ex rel. LEW GOON WONG v. JOHNSON, Commissioner of Immigration.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

May 29, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Walter Bates Farr, of Boston, Mass. (Everett Flint Damon, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant.

George R. Farnum, of Boston, Mass. (Harold P. Williams, of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

This habeas corpus case presents the familiar question as to whether the applicant is the son of a native-born citizen. The petition for the writ was denied by the court below in a careful opinion by Judge Brewster, which leaves nothing to be added.

The learned judge found, on a record which plainly warrants his finding, that before the board of special inquiry the proceedings were "conducted in a proper manner, and the record discloses...

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