United States ex rel. Johnson v. Watkins

I agree with the propositions of law stated in the opinion, but am troubled by another matter not there discussed, namely, the stark and unadorned form of medical certificate, i. e., that relator “has this day been examined and is found to be afflicted with—

MENTAL DEFECTIVE

Class ‘A,’”

followed by the signatures of two surgeons. The Immigration Act of 1917, 8 U.S.C.A. § 136(d), provides for the exclusion of persons “who are found to be and are certified by the examining surgeon as being mentally or physically defective,” thus in respondent’s own words providing that “the examining surgeons were…