Nagle

Hom Lay Jing v. Nagle

Good Law
57 F.2d 653·1932 U.S. App. LEXIS 4040
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitApril 4, 1932No. 6639California1,298 words

Opinion

Lead Opinion

Sube, J.

Appellant, a male Chinese 34 years of age, sought admission into the country as the foreign-bom son o£ Horn Lim Mon (mar-riag'e name Horn Yuey Hon), a citizen oE the United States, who is said to have died in China in April, 1923. Denied admission by the Immigration Authorities upon the ground that he had failed to establish satisfactorily the relationship claimed by bim, appellant, applied for a writ of habeas corpus to the District Court, which was denied. Hence this appeal.

The order of exclusion was based upon discrepancies in the testimony. Adverse features mentioned in the decision of tho Board of Beview and discussed herein relate to (1) the marriage name of appellant; (2) the family in the adjoining house; (3) the widow of the next door neighbor; (4) the children of appellant and of the alleged brother.

1. The record shows that appellant and Ms prior landed alleged brother are both married. They are 34 and 36 years of age, and their marriage names are Horn Yuey Jom and Horn Yuey Chong, respectively; that the marriage name of appellant’s alleged father is Horn Yuey Hon. Both appellant and the alleged brother admit that the “generation character” in their names is the…

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