Dollar S. S. Line v. Hyde

DIETRICH, Circuit Judge.

After a temporary absence of three months in Japan, of which country he was a subject, Seiichi Yamate sought to return to the territory of Hawaii, where he had resided for 18 years. He had not relinquished his residence in Hawaii, and held a permit to re-enter the United States. Upon November 17, 1925, the plaintiff in error accepted him at Yokohoma as a passenger upon its steamship President Lincoln, hound for San Francisco and touching at the port of Honolulu. Upon arrival of the steamer at Honolulu a few days later, the alien was refused admission to the United…