They CLEARLY determined he was a NATURAL BORN citizen, because the rule that they said ALWAYS applied quite clearly made him that.
You can claim the contrary all you like. But the understanding that I have enunciated here is the way the case is understood by every significant legal authority in the entire country, by every court, and by every literate reader who goes through the case carefully and does not have some birther axe to grind.
The evident intention, and the necessary effect, of the submission of this case to the decision of the court upon the facts agreed by the parties were to present for determination the single question stated at the beginning of this opinion, namely, whether a child born in the United States, of parent of Chinese descent, who, at the time of his birth, are subjects of the Emperor of China, but have a permanent domicile and residence in the United States, and are there carrying on business, and are not employed in any diplomatic or official capacity under the Emperor of China, becomes at the time of his birth a citizen of the United States. For the reasons above stated, this court is of opinion that the question must be answered in the affirmative.