Legal Opinion
Mason Ex Rel. Lee Wing You v. Tillinghast
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided July 30, 1928No. 2220PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
In September, ’ 1927, Lee Wing You sought admission to the United States as the foreign-bom son of Lee Lin Chong, a native-born American citizen. R. S. § 1993 (8 USCA § 6). The immigration officials excluded him, on the ground that this relationship had not been reasonably established.
On habeas corpus, the court below, without hearing new evidence, affirmed this decision, thus, in effect, ruling that there was no jurisdiction. If there was any substantial evidence to support the conclusion of the immigration officials, the ruling was right. Fong Tan Jew v. Tillinghast…
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