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LEW WAH FOOK v. BROWNELL

No. 14106.

218 F.2d 924 (1955)

LEW WAH FOOK, as Guardian ad litem for Lew Suey Yet, also known as Lew Thew Yut, Appellant, v. Herbert BROWNELL, Jr., as Attorney General of the United States, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 14, 1955.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Brennan & Cornell, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellant.

Laughlin E. Waters, U. S. Atty., Arline Martin, Clyde C. Downing, Max F. Deutz, Asst. U. S. Attys., Los Angeles, Cal., for appellee.

Before STEPHENS, FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.

STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

Lew Wah Fook, guardian ad litem for Lew Suey Yet, also known as Lew Thew Yut, brings this action under § 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C.A. § 903,1 to have it declared by the District Court that the ward is a citizen of the United States. The guardian and the ward both claim the guardian, a citizen of the United States, is the natural father of the ward.

The trial court found contrary...

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