Damon v. Johnson

ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.

Fong Hang Leong claims to be the foreign-born son of Fong Ging and that Fong Ging is an American citizen. The immigration officials held against both contentions — that Fong Ging was not proved to be of American birth, and that the applicant (a man 38 years old, with three or four children) was not proved to be Fong Ging’s son. On petition for habeas corpus the District Court said: “The immigration authorities gave careful attention to this case, and decided on evidence ‘ which might, well have satisfied a court of justice that the father of the appellant was not an…