Lim Kwock Soon and Lim Kwock Min v. Herbert Brownell, Jr., Attorney General of the United States of America

RIVES, Circuit Judge.

This action sought a judgment declaring Lim Kwock Soon, hereafter called Soon, and Lim Kwock Min, hereafter-called Min, who were born in China, to be nationals and citizens of the United States. 1 The district court, on a full opinion, 2 entered judgment dismissing the action.

Lim Thl, hereafter called Thl, was the alleged father of Soon and Min. Thl was a citizen of the United States and his father before him had been a citizen of the United States, born in San Francisco. Thl had resided in Houston, Texas for more than twenty years, where he operated a grocery store. Thl…