Melville Fuller

“ It is not disputed that citizenship may spring from collective naturalization by treaty or statute, nor that by the annexation of Texas and its admission into the Union all the citizens of the former Republic became, without any express declaration, citizens of the United States. ”

“ The usual proof of naturalization is a copy of the record of the court admitting the applicant, though, in some instances, there may be facts from which, in the absence of the record, a jury may be allowed to infer that a person, having the requisite qualifications to become a citizen, had been duly naturalized. ”

“ If he was not, the court of claims did not have jurisdiction to adjudicate upon his claims and its judgment must be affirmed. Johnson v. United States, 160 U.S. 546, 40 L. ed. 529, 16 Sup. Ct. Rep. 377. ”