Legal Opinion
In re Lind
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California
Decided December 1, 1911PublishedCited by 1 opinion
On application of Gustaf Anderson L,ind for admission to citizenship.
1Opinion of the Court
VAN FLEET, District Judge.
This is an application for naturalization, to which the representative of the government has interposed certain objections, which will be considered. The petition was filed under section 2174, R. S. (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1334), which provides:
“Every seaman, being a foreigner, who declares his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States in any competent court, and shall have served three years on board of a merchant vessel of the United States subsequent to the date of such declaration, may, on his application to any competent court and the production of…
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3Cited by1 opinion
- In re SutherlandDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1912