LUN v. NAGLE

No. 5397.

27 F.2d 129 (1928)

MAR FOW LUN v. NAGLE, Commissioner of Immigration.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

June 18, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Soren X. Christensen and J. C. Wood, both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellant.

Geo. J. Hatfield, U. S. Atty., and T. J. Sheridan, Asst. U. S. Atty., both of San Francisco, Cal., for appellee.

Before GILBERT, RUDKIN, and DIETRICH, Circuit Judges.


RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.

The sole question presented for decision on the present appeal is this: Was the adopted son of a native-born citizen of the United States, both belonging to the Chinese race, entitled to be admitted to this country prior to the enactment of the Immigration Act of 1924 (8 USCA § 145 et seq.). Upon this question there is a direct conflict of authority. In United States v. Pierce, 285 F. 663, Judge Learned Hand, sitting in the District Court...

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