United States v. Aakervik
District Court, D. Oregon
Suit by the United States of America against Helmer Aakervik: This is a suit instituted under the act of Congress of June 29, 1906 (Act June 29, 1906, c. 3592, § 15, 34 Stat. 601 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 486]), to cancel the certificate of citizenship issued to the respondent by a state court March 10, 1902. The respondent was. a subject of Norway.
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Suit by the United States of America against Helmer Aakervik: This is a suit instituted under the act of Congress of June 29, 1906 (Act June 29, 1906, c. 3592, § 15, 34 Stat. 601 [U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1909, p. 486]), to cancel the certificate of citizenship issued to the respondent by a state court March 10, 1902. The respondent was. a subject of Norway. He came to the United States on the steamer Germanic in March, 1888, landing at the city of New York, thence immediately to the state of Oregon. 1-Ie left his family, consisting of a wife and minor children, in Norway, but remained…
1Opinion of the CourtWodverton, District Judge
(after stating- the facts as above). The vital question propounded is whether the respondent’s certificate of citizenship can be revoked and canceled by a proceeding of this nature on the ground that it was illegally issued. The act of Congress of June 29, 1906, authorizes the bringing of a suit on the part of the United States District Attorney, in any court having jurisdiction to naturalize aliens, in the judicial district in which the naturalized citizen may reside, for-the purpose of setting aside and canceling the certificate of citizenship on the ground of fraud, or because illegally…
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