People v. Rappard

I dissent.

The statute in question has been held constitutional in In reRameriz, 193 Cal. 633 [226 P. 914, 34 A.L.R. 51], People v.Cannizzaro, 138 Cal.App. 28 [31 P.2d 1066], and People v.Cruz, 113 Cal.App. 519 [298 P. 556]. In Rameriz, supra, the Supreme Court said at pages 649-650: "It may safely be assumed that in a general sense the reasons that induced legislation involved in the case at bar exerted an influence in the adoption of the enactments considered in the foregoing authorities. If rights in land may be denied to aliens by the state there would seem no reason why in the exercise of…