In re Rodriguez
District Court, W.D. Texas
At the May term, 1896, of this court, Ricardo Rodriguez, a citizen of: Mexico, filed an application, in due form, hv which he sought to become a naturalized citizen of the United States.
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At the May term, 1896, of this court, Ricardo Rodriguez, a citizen of: Mexico, filed an application, in due form, hv which he sought to become a naturalized citizen of the United States. Two affidavits, embodying the essential requisites prescribed by the naturalization laws, accompanied the application, and also a copy of the affidavit made by the applicant, and filed in the county court of Bexar county, Tex., January 25. 1893, in which he declared his intention to become a citizen of the United States. At the hearing of the application, two attorneys of the court, Mr. A. ,T. Evans and Mr.…
1Opinion of the Court
MAXEY, District Judge,
after stating the case, delivered the following opinion:
Recognizing the delicacy and gravity of the question which the present application involves, it was thought advisable to obtain the. views of several members of the bar as to the proper construction of that clause of the naturalization statute which the court is called upon to consider and construe. • With that object in view, the court addressed letters to Mr. T. M. Paschal and Mr. Floyd McGown,' inclosing therewith copies of the papers and testimony on file. Generously responding to the wish of the court, these…
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