Legal Opinion

Damon ex rel. Wong Bok Ngun v. Tillinghast

Court of Appeals for the First Circuit

Decided February 18, 1933No. 2748PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORTON, Circuit Judge.

The only question is whether the evidence so clearly and convincingly establishes that the applicant is the son of Wong Fong Ling that the refusal to accept it was arbitrary and unreasonable.

The story told by the applicant was that he was bom in Ai Yung Mee village in China on September 25, 1912; that his father, Wong Fong Ling, was bom in the United States and is now living in Ai Yung Mee village, having returned to China in 1911 and never since been in the United States; that the applicant lived in and around his native village until his departure on his present trip…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. One Din ex rel. One Gock Toon v. WardDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1937
  2. Wong Kew ex rel. Wong Yook v. WardDistrict Court, D. Massachusetts · 1940

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