Legal Opinion

Lissi's Petition

Pennsylvania Court of Common Pleas, Berks County

Decided March 9, 1931No. 2969Published

1Opinion of the Court

Schaeffer, P. J.,

— On October 20, 1923, the petitioner, Ludwig Lissi, a German citizen, declared his intention of becoming a citizen of the United States. On March 23, 1929, he filed his petition for admission to citizenship. This came on for hearing on November 14, 1929, at which time it was continued until February 4, 1930. At the hearing the examiner, representing the United States, produced a letter from the petitioner’s brother, in which the petitioner was charged with alienating the affections of the brother’s wife and of living in adultery with her. The petitioner admitted that the…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. United States v. MayerSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
  2. Johannessen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
  3. In re HennigDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1918
  4. In re HOLLANDDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1916

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