Legal Opinion

Lee Sick Kay v. Nagle

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 7, 1930No. 6029PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

WILBUR, Circuit Judge.

The appellants were bom in China of Chinese parents and seek admission into the United States as citizens thereof by reason of the citizenship of their father, Lee Chung Lin.. The father was originally admitted into the United States upon habeas corpus proceedings instituted in the District Court upon proof of his citizenship in 1898. At that time his testimony indicated that he was not married and had no children. In 1910 he returned from a visit to China, with two Chinese boys whose admission he sought on the ground that they were his sons. At that time they testified…

2Cited by2 opinions

  1. Foo v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1932
  2. Yen v. NagleCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1931

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