WEEDIN v. CHIN GUIE

No. 6931.

62 F.2d 351 (1932)

WEEDIN, Commissioner of Immigration, v. CHIN GUIE.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

December 19, 1932.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Anthony Savage, U. S. Atty., and Hamlet P. Dodd, Asst. U. S. Atty, both of Seattle, Wash. (John F. Dunton, U. S. Immigration Service, of Seattle, Wash., on the brief), for appellant.

Hugh C. Todd, of Seattle, Wash., for appellee.

Before WILBUR and SAWTELLE, Circuit Judges, and CAVANAH, District Judge.


CAVANAH, District Judge.

Chin Guie, who claims to have been born in China, arrived at the port of Seattle on December 15, 1931, and was denied admission into the United States. He never resided in the United States, but claims that he is a citizen of this country by virtue of being a foreign-born son of Chin Ah Yom, a native-born citizen thereof. Upon his petition for a writ of habeas corpus an order was made by the court below discharging him from the custody of...

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