Lim Tung Noy v. Nagle

DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

Lim Tung Noy, a Chinese woman, brought this proceed*651ing in habeas corpus to test the validity of an order of the Immigration Department denying her application to enter the United States. The court below dismissed her petition. Iier elaim of right to enter is based upon the contention that she is a foreign-born daughter of one Lim Go, who, it is conceded, is a native-born citizen of the United States and, at all times mentioned, a resident therein. She sought entry on June 2, 1927, at which time she was 22 years old. According to her testimony and that of her witnesses,…