Rawlins v. United States

The question posed by the petition and the foregoing findings of fact is whether plaintiff, a naval officer of the rank of lieutenant during a portion, and lieutenant-commander during the balance, of the time in question, is entitled to the increased rental and subsistence allowances provided for by sections 4, 5, and 6 of the act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 625, 627, as amended by the act of May 31, 1924, 43 Stat. 250.

Section 4 of the act provides:

That the term dependent as used in the succeeding sections of this Act shall include at all times and at all places a lawful wife, and unmarried…