United States v. Wong Kim Ark
Supreme Court of the United States
APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This was a writ of habeas corpus, issued October 2, 1895, by tbe District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, to tbe collector of customs at the port of San Francisco, in behalf of Wong Kim Ark, who alleged that be was a citizen of tbe United States, of more than twenty-one years of age, and was born at San Francisco in 1873 of parents of Chinese…
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APPEAL FROM THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA. This was a writ of habeas corpus, issued October 2, 1895, by tbe District Court of the United States for the Northern District of California, to tbe collector of customs at the port of San Francisco, in behalf of Wong Kim Ark, who alleged that be was a citizen of tbe United States, of more than twenty-one years of age, and was born at San Francisco in 1873 of parents of Chinese descent and subjects of tbe Emperor of China, but domiciled residents at San Francisco; and that, on his return to the United…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Gray
The facts of this case, as agreed by the parties, are as follows : Wong Kim Ark was born in 1873 in the city of San Francisco, in the State of California and United States of America, and was and is a laborer. His father and mother were persons of Chinese descent, and subjects of the Emperor of China; they were at the time of his birth domiciled residents of the United States, having previously established and still enjoying a permanent domicil and residence therein at. San Francisco; they continued to reside and remain in the United States until 1890, when they departed for China; and during…
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