MASON v. TILLINGHAST

No. 2220.

27 F.2d 580 (1928)

MASON ex rel. LEE WING YOU v. TILLINGHAST, Commissioner of Immigration.

Circuit Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 30, 1928.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

E. F. Damon and W. B. Farr, for appellant.

Frederick H. Tarr, U. S. Atty., and John W. Schenck, Asst. U. S. Atty., for appellee.

Before BINGHAM, JOHNSON, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.


ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

In September, 1927, Lee Wing You sought admission to the United States as the foreign-born son of Lee Lin Chong, a native-born American citizen. R. S. § 1993 (8 USCA § 6). The immigration officials excluded him, on the ground that this relationship had not been reasonably established.

On habeas corpus, the court below, without hearing new evidence, affirmed this decision, thus, in effect, ruling that there was no jurisdiction...

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