UNITED STATES v. COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION


18 F.Supp. 641 (1937)

UNITED STATES ex rel. LEW CHUNG JON v. COMMISSIONER OF IMMIGRATION.

District Court, S. D. New York.

March 12, 1937.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul Jones, of New York City, for relator.

Lamar Hardy, U. S. Atty., of New York City (John W. Knox, of New York City, of counsel), for respondent.


HULBERT, District Judge.

The relator, Lew Chung Jon, born in Gwong Hoy City, May 30, 1913, arrived at the Port of New York, October 7, 1936, and, claiming to be an American citizen, sought admission as the son of Lew Mok Bow, a native of San Francisco, who died in Gwong Hoy City on February 11, 1929.

The sole factual issue is that of paternity, which was decided against the relator upon conflicting testimony. Mok Bow returning from a visit to China, upon his...

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