Fontanals v Herrera

• Jurisdicción: Cuba
• Fecha: 17 Febrero 1942
• Número de expediente: Case No. 79
• Emisor: Corte Suprema (Cuba)

Cuba, Supreme Court.

Case No. 79

Fontanals

and

Herrera.

Naturalization — Effect of — In Country of Origin — Fraudulent Naturalization.

The Facts.—The plaintiff was the recognized natural son of a testator who, born in Cuba, lived in Habana from 1904, and was until July 1913 a commercial notary there, for which office only Cuban citizens were eligible by law. He, with his wife and a lawful son, the defendants in the present case, were naturalized as United States citizens in New York, April 15, 1911. Subsequently they resided in Habana until August 8, 1928. The testator died in Paris where he was on a journey. He left a will declaring himself to be a citizen of...