Yee Won v. White
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Appeal from the District Court of the United States for the First Division of Northern District of California; Maurice T. Dooling, Judge. Habeas corpus proceeding by Yee Won against Edward White, as Commissioner of Immigration at the Port of San Francisco. From a judgment sustaining a demurrer and denying the writ, petitioner appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
MORROW, Circuit Judge.
The applicants, Chin Shee, Yee Tuk Oy, and Yee Yuk Uing, wife and minor children of the appellant, Yee Won, arrived at the port of San Francisco, Cal., on the steamship Tjisondari July 16, 1917. They applied for admission to the United States as the wife and minor children, respectively, of Yee Won, who, it is alleged, was a regularly domiciled Chinese merchant and a member of the exempt class. Admission was denied by the Commissioner of Immigration on the ground that the status of Yee Won as a merchant had not been satisfactorily established. On appeal to the Secretary…
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