State ex rel. Tanner v. Rychen

Citations

• 113 Wash. 90
• 193 P. 220
• 1920 Wash. LEXIS 804

Syllabus

<p>Aliens (3) — Disability—Restrictions on Holding Land — Good ■Faith in Declaration. A declaration of intention to become a citizen of the United States, made in 1912, is shown not to have been in good faith, where no further effort to become a citizen was made for seven years, when, in 1919, the applicant withdrew the application and surrendered his right to become a citizen on claiming exemption from military service, under the selective service law, Barnes Federal Code, § 10,222.</p> <p>Escheat — Recovery of Escheated Property — Good Faith of Alien — Pleading—Sufficiency. In an action to escheat lands held by an alien, a complaint alleging that defendant is not a citizen and has not at any time in good faith declared his intention to become a citizen, sufficiently alleges fraud or bad faith in mating his declaration of intention, as against a general demurrer.</p>