United States Ex Rel. Fracassi v. Karnuth

KNIGHT, District Judge.

In my view, the petitioner, in order to sustain his claim to American citizenship, must establish that his grandfather Thomas Fracassi became a naturalized American citizen. A fair construction of the evidence is that Thomas Fracassi came into the United States from Italy in or about 1888. The undisputed record is that Thomas Fracassi filed a declaration of intention on April 6, 1894, in Ramsey county, state of Minnesota, in which county the proofs show that he resided in or about that time. The burden rests upon the petitioner to establish his right to citizenship and'…