George Lim v. John N. Mitchell, as Attorney General of the United States

TRASK, Circuit Judge:

George Lim brought this action against the Attorney General of the United States for a judgment declaring him to be a citizen of the United States. 1 Following a non-jury trial of some nine days duration, the district court entered judgment for the Attorney General. Lim appeals from that judgment. 2 We reverse.

The facts may be summarized as follows: Appellant was born in China in 1917. He sought to enter the United States in April, 1932, as Lim Len Hang, the son of Lim Jew — who was a derivative citizen of the United States because his father — appellant’s grandfather,…