Ex parte Lange

Citations

• 197 F. 769
• 1912 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1487

Syllabus

<p>1. Aliens (§§ 67, 70*) — Natubalization—Jubisdiotion.</p> <p>rl'lie jurisdiction of courts in naturalizing aliens is conferred by statute and must be exercised in a special and summary manner, and its judgment can only be supported by a record showing facts necessary to confer jurisdiction.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 131-137, 146, 151, 154-160; Dec. Dig. §§ 67, 70.*]</p> <p>2. Aliens (§ 68*) — Naturalization — Declaration of Intention — Sufficiency.</p> <p>A declaration of intention to be a citizen, which contains neither a renunciation, by name, of allegiance to the sovereign of whom declarant is a subject, nor a renunciation, particularly, of allegiance to the state of which he is a subject, does not comply with Rev. St. U. S. § 2165 (U. S. Comp. St. 1901, p. 1329), requiring declarant to renounce allegiance to any foreign sovereignty, and particularly by name the sovereignty of which he may be at the time a citizen or subject.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 138-145; Dee. Dig. § 68.*]</p> <p>3. Aliens (§ 68*) — Naturalization—Statutes—Construction.</p> <p>Though the naturalization laws must be liberally construed to enable those aliens who under the law are entitled to citizenship to acquire it, the prerequisites prescribed by statute in plain language cannot be dispensed with.</p> <p>[Ed. Note. — For other cases, see Aliens, Cent. Dig. §§ 138-145; Dec. Dig. § 68.*]</p>