Lau Ow Bew

Citations

• 141 U.S. 583
• 12 S. Ct. 43
• 35 L. Ed. 868
• 1891 U.S. LEXIS 2549

Syllabus

<p>Only questions of gravity and importance should be certified to this court by the Circuit Courts of Appeals, under the provisions of the act of March 3, 1891, c. 517, § 6.</p> <p>■Whether the Chinese restriction acts, in the light of the treaties between the United States and China, apply to a Chinese merchant, domiciled in the United States, who temporarily leaves the country for purposes of business or pleasure, animo revertendi, is such a question of gravity and importance.</p>