Legal Opinion
Perkins v. Elg
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Decided August 1, 1938No. 7096, 7097PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGroner, C. J.
The main question in this case is whether appellee, a natural born citizen of the United States, has lost her citizenship involuntarily and by operation of law, by reason of her removal from the United States by her parents in her infancy and her residence in a foreign country until she was 21 years of age.
A secondary question is whether the suit is properly brought under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C.A. 400.
The facts are these: Marie Elizabeth Elg was born October 2, 1907, in the city and state of New York, and at the time of bringing this suit was and now is a resident of Mt.…
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