LANDON v. CLARKE

No. 5113.

239 F.2d 631 (1956)

Herman R. LANDON, District Director of Immigration and Naturalization, Respondent, Appellant, v. Elsa CLARKE, Petitioner, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals First Circuit.

Rehearing Denied January 9, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andrew A. Caffrey, Asst. U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., with whom Anthony Julian, U. S. Atty., Boston, Mass., was on brief, for appellant.

Edward O. Gourdin, Boston, Mass., for appellee.

Before MAGRUDER, Chief Judge, and WOODBURY and HARTIGAN, Circuit Judges.


HARTIGAN, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from an order entered February 17, 1956 in the United States District Court for the District of Massachusetts granting appellee's petition for a writ of habeas corpus and discharging appellee from the custody of the appellant.

The appellee Elsa Clarke, was born at Port Lima, Costa Rica, on November 5, 1918. She lived in Costa Rica with her parents for her first eight years and thereafter went with them to Panama....

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