Norris v. United States

The plaintiff, an officer in the United States Army, brings this suit to recover the difference in rental and subsistence allowances between those of an officer without dependents, in which status he has been paid, and an officer with a dependent.

Claim is made for rental allowance, because of a dependent mother, from January 1, 1924, to September 10, 1927, and for subsistence allowance from January 1, 1924, to July 7, 1928.

Section 4 of the act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 625, relied upon by plaintiff, provides:

“ That the term ‘ dependent ’ as used in the succeeding sections of this act shall…