Holcomb v. United States

*43Opinion

Plaintiff, a commissioned officer in the United States Marine Corps, sues for rental allowance for an officer of his rank and grade, without dependents, for the period from September 19, 1932, to October 6,1934, while serving with the Fourth Regiment, Marine Corps Expeditionary Force, at Shanghai, China.

*44The facts in the case show that there was made available to plaintiff by the Government one unfurnished room during his period of duty in China. Plaintiff is entitled to recover the difference in value between the one room made available and the value of those to which he was entitled…