United States v. Dorto

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

The agreed facts in this habeas corpus case show that the petitioner landed in New York on June 14, 1922, and was excluded because the Italian quota was full. She then instituted ha-beas corpus proceedings, which were dismissed. On appeal, she was bailed. Her appeal was dismissed April 25, 1923. Meantime, when free on bail she went to Providence, R. I., and there met Dorto, now her husband. Her present petition, filed on June 16, 1924, goes on the ground that there was a common-law marriage before the 'Cable Act (42 Stat. 1021 [Comp. St. Ann. Supp. 1923, § 4358a et…