Petition of Acchione

In this repatriation case the district court granted the application and the Government appeals.

The facts are substantially undisputed. Appellee’s father, now deceased, became a naturalized citizen of this country on June 26, 1905. Appellee was born in Italy, January 23, 1913, acquirig American citizenship at birth. R.S. § 1993, 8 U.S.C. §§ 1431-1433. In October, 1915, the father returned to Italy where he remained until his death. On October 18, 1917, he reacquired Italian nationality by virtue of Italy’s Nationality Law of 1912, Article 9(3). He was deemed to have expatriated himself on…