TAM DOCK LUNG v. DULLES

No. 13975.

218 F.2d 586 (1955)

TAM DOCK LUNG, as Guardian Ad Litem for Tam Chung Fay and Tam Fay Hing, Appellants, v. John Foster DULLES, as Secretary of State, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

January 5, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William E. Cornell, Los Angeles, Cal., for appellants.

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

Before STEPHENS, FEE and CHAMBERS, Circuit Judges.


STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.

This is a typical case under § 503 of the Nationality Act of 1940, 8 U.S.C.A. § 903*, brought for the purpose of establishing the claimed United States citizenship of Tam Chung Fay and Tam Fay Hing, by their guardian ad litem Tam Dock Lung.

The first point on appeal is that the two boys for each of whom a declaration is sought were not allowed in the courtroom during the taking of the testimony...

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