LEE BOW SING v. PROCTOR

No. 8097.

83 F.2d 546 (1936)

LEE BOW SING et al. v. PROCTOR.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

April 23, 1936.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sullivan & Wheeler, of Seattle, Wash. (John Rowe Wheeler, of Seattle, Wash., of counsel), for appellants.

J. Charles Dennis, U. S. Atty., and Gerald Shucklin and F. A. Pellegrini, Asst. U. S. Attys., all of Seattle, Wash. (J. P. Sanderson, U. S. Immigration and Naturalization Service, of Seattle, Wash., on the brief), for appellee.

Before WILBUR, GARRECHT, and MATHEWS, Circuit Judges.


MATHEWS, Circuit Judge.

Appellants, Lee Bow Sing and Lee Bow Hoy, sought admission to the United States as citizens thereof, claiming to be children of Lee Leng Tue, who, it is conceded, is a citizen of the United States. Their case was heard by a Board of Special Inquiry appointed under section 17 of the Immigration Act of February 5, 1917, c. 29, 39 Stat. 887, 8 U.S.C.A. § 153. The Board determined that appellants were not children of Lee Leng Tue, that they...

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