Transatlantica Italiana v. Elting

This action is to recover for fines imposed under section 16 of the Quota Act of 1924 (8 USC'A § 216) for bringing in four aliens who were excluded. The first two were mother and daughter, both bom in Italy and never before in the United States. The adult alien procured a genuine re-entry permit from its proper holder, upon which was skilfully substituted the mother’s photograph; *516she assumed the name of the original holder. She also got hold of a birth certificate for her daughter, a child of five, which declared that she had been born in Utica, New York, and she used the name in the…