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ALLEN v. UNITED STATES

No. 4452.

47 F.2d 735 (1931)

ALLEN v. UNITED STATES.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

February 11, 1931.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Hamilton Jackson, of Christiansted, St. Croix, Virgin Islands, for petitioner.

Before WOOLLEY and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and THOMPSON, District Judge.

WOOLLEY, Circuit Judge.

On this appeal from a decree of the District Court of the Virgin Islands of the United States dismissing a petition for naturalization, the sole question is whether the naturalization laws of the United States extend to those islands and whether, accordingly, the District Court there has jurisdiction for naturalization purposes. This requires an interpretation of the Act of Congress of February 25, 1927 (44 Stat. 1234) and the application of...

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