In re Kennedy
District Court, D. Alaska
Petition for citizenship under declaration made prior to Act June 29, 1906, c. 3592, 34 Stat. 596 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 528). Morgan Francis Kennedy, the petitioner, was born in Ireland on the 14th day of May, 1878. He arrived in the United States in June, 1898, and in April, 1899, declared his intention to become a citizen at Sacramento, Cal.; that being a little less than one month before his twenty-first birthday.
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Petition for citizenship under declaration made prior to Act June 29, 1906, c. 3592, 34 Stat. 596 (U. S. Comp. St. Supp. 1911, p. 528). Morgan Francis Kennedy, the petitioner, was born in Ireland on the 14th day of May, 1878. He arrived in the United States in June, 1898, and in April, 1899, declared his intention to become a citizen at Sacramento, Cal.; that being a little less than one month before his twenty-first birthday. Kennedy appeared before the court on February 5, 1910, and passed a creditable examination for citizenship, and the necessary proofs of residence, and other…
1Opinion of the Court
LYONS, District Judge.
With regard to the competency of a minor to declare his intention to become a citizen of the United States under sections 2165, 2167, Rev. St., I am of the opinion that the act of June 29, 1906, is merely declaratory of the intention of Congress as embodied in the statutes existing prior to the latter act. I think that Judge Landis stands practically alone in his decision in the Spitzer Case (C. C.) 160 Fed. 137, and that the later authorities are practically all the other way upon that proposition.
The petitioner in this instance has shown himself to be in all respects…
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- In re PolssonU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern California · 1908
- In re SymanowsskiU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1909
- United States v. GeorgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1908
- In re SpitzerU.S. Circuit Court for the Northern District of Illnois · 1908
- In re GrossDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1908