Damon v. Johnson

The petitioner in this case seeks admission into the United States by virtue of being the foreign born son of an American citizen. Neither the citizenship of the alleged father nor the claimed relationship of the petitioner was conceded. Upon'both contentions the District Court found against the petitioner, and ordered that the petition be dismissed, the writ for habeas Corpus discharged and the petitioner remanded to the custody of the United States Commissioner of Immigration at Boston, to whom the writ'was directed. From this order the petitioner claimed an appeal to the United States…