MORRISON v. CALIFORNIA

No. 487.

291 U.S. 82 (1934)

MORRISON ET AL. v. CALIFORNIA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 8, 1934.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. J. Marion Wright for appellants.

Mr. James S. Howie, Deputy Attorney General of California, with whom Mr. U.S. Webb, Attorney General, was on the brief, for appellee.


MR. JUSTICE CARDOZO delivered the opinion of the Court.

The appellants have been convicted of a conspiracy to violate the Alien Land Law of the State of California.

The indictment charges that the two appellants, Morrison and Doi, feloniously conspired to place Doi in the possession and enjoyment of agricultural land within the state; that possession was obtained, and the land used and cultivated, in execution of the conspiracy; and that Doi was an alien Japanese...

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