Bristol v. United States

The plaintiff, Arthur L. Bristol, a captain in the United States Navy, seeks to recover rental and subsistence allowances on account of a dependent mother for the period from July 1, 1925, to date of judgment, pursuant to section 4 of the act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 625, 627, which provides as-follows:

“ Sec. 4. That the term ‘ dependent ’ as used in the succeeding sections of this act shall include at all times and in all places a lawful wife and unmarried children under-twenty-one years o'f age. It shall also include the mother of the officer provided she is in fact dependent on him for…