In re Cassovel

DICKINSON, District Judge.

The conclusion reached is that the applicant should be admitted to citizenship.

Case Stated.-

This is in effeet a ease stated. The question is whether in an application otherwise meritorious the form of certificate attached is a compliance with the aet of Congress on the subject.

Discussion.

Admission to citizenship is a privilege to be enjoyed only as Congress has¡ prescribed. Compliance, however, with the condi*1003tions imposed by Congress ripens tbe privilege into a right. The only pertinent condition in tbe present ease is that tbe petition of tbe applicant shall be…