Legal Opinion
United States ex rel. Dallao v. Corsi
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 29, 1932PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CAFFEY, District Judge.
Relator was born in Italy. At the time of his father’s naturalization he was a minor, 19 years old, residing in his native country. The naturalization of the father therefore did not make the son also an American citizen. Citizenship of a nonresident foreign horn minor child, if derived through naturalization of a parent, commences only “at the time such minor child begins to reside permanently in the United States.” 8 USCA § 8; United States ex rel. Patton v. Tod (C. C. A.) 297 F. 385, 393.
When in June, 1928, his father was naturalized, as well as when in September,…
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- United States ex rel. Patton v. TodCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1924
- Johnson v. Keating Ex Rel. TarantinoCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1926
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