United States v. Vander Jagt

STARR, Chief Judge.

This is a proceeding by the government to revoke and set aside the order admitting the defendant to citizenship in the United States of America and to cancel the certificate of naturalization issued to him December 21, 1948. Nationality Act of 1940, § 338(a), 54 Stat. 1158 (formerly 8 U.S.C.A. § 738[a], now 8 U.S.C.A. § 1451 [a].

The defendant was born in the Nethrlands on May 2, 1904, and entered the United States on October 4, 1923. On October 23, 1923, he was married to Neeltje (Nellie) Eversdyke in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and 13 children were born of their marriage as…