Mills v. McCabe

Citations

• 44 Ill. 194

Syllabus

<p>1. Statutes—concerning the act of congress relative to naturalization. Under the act of congress of 1803, conferring jurisdiction upon certain courts for the purposes of naturalization, only courts of record for general, and not for special, purposes, were intended to be embraced within its provisions.</p> <p>3. Electors—only qualified electors have a right of action for a rejection of their votes. By the act of 1849, the right of action is given only when the vote of a qualified elector has been rejected.</p> <p>3. Same—who will not he deemed a qualified elector. “The Marine Court of the city of New York ” is not a court of record within the meaning of the act of congress conferring jurisdiction upon courts of record to admit aliens to citizenship; and hence a person so admitted by an order of that court does not become a qualified elector, and cannot maintain an action, under the act of 1849, for a rejection of his vote.</p>