JOHNSON v. DAMON

No. 2045.

16 F.2d 65 (1926)

JOHNSON, Commissioner, etc., v. DAMON ex rel. LEUNG FOOK YUNG.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

December 1, 1926.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Farnum, Asst. U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass. (Harold P. Williams, U. S. Atty., of Boston, Mass., on the brief), for appellant.

Walter Bates Farr, of Boston, Mass. (Everett Flint Damon, 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 of the relationship of the applicants to an alleged father conceded to be an American citizen. The alleged father was Leung How, who was born in this country and died in China in 1913. The applicants are 15 and 16 years old, respectively. Leung Ping Sing, who claims to be their brother, was admitted in 1922 as the son of Leung How. The applicants, their alleged brother, and an alleged...

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