Lau Ah Yew v. John Foster Dulles, Secretary of State of the United States of America

Appellant filed in the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii a second amended complaint seeking a declaratory judgment of citi zenship. Said amended complaint was upheld by the trial court as stating a cause of action. Thereafter appellee failed to plead to the second amended complaint within the time required by law, and appellant moved the trial court to enter a default judgment. The motion was denied. This denial is one of the alleged errors relied on by appellant in this appeal. It is conceded that the grant or denial of a motion for the entry of a default judgment is…