In re Deans
District Court, W.D. Arkansas
Application by Christopher James Davis Deans for naturalization. The court finds the facts as follows: The applicant is a native of Scotland. In November, 1906, after he had reached the age of 21 years, he emigrated to the United States. He is a boiler maker by trade and found employment in Schenectady, N. Y., where he resided for one year.
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Application by Christopher James Davis Deans for naturalization. The court finds the facts as follows: The applicant is a native of Scotland. In November, 1906, after he had reached the age of 21 years, he emigrated to the United States. He is a boiler maker by trade and found employment in Schenectady, N. Y., where he resided for one year. He then moved to Pittsburgh, Pa., where he worked at his trade for one year, and in November, 1908, moved to Little Rock, Ark., where he worked in the railroad shops, intending to make that city his permanent home. In July, 1910, he visited his mother in…
1Opinion of the CourtTrieber, District Judge
(after stating the facts as above). On behalf of the government, objections are made to the granting of the petition owing to the absence of the applicant from the United States as set out in the findings of facts. It is claimed that during the time he was absent he was not a resident oí the United States, nor was his residence continuous as required by the provisions of the naturalization act.
[1] The word “residence” is an elastic term, of which no exact definition, which is applicable in all cases, can be given at law, but must be construed in every case in accordance with the object and…
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