Updegraff v. United States

Plaintiff sues to recover increased subsistence and rental allowances of sixty cents a day and twenty dollars a month, respectively, under sections 5 and 6 of the act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 628, as amended by the act of May 31, 1924, 43 Stat. 250, on the ground that from and after July 3, 1925, his mother was in fact dependent upon him for her chief support within the meaning of section 4 of the act of June 10, 1922, supra.

The position of the defendant is, first, that the evidence does not satisfactorily show the amount of the mother’s living expenses and, therefore, chief dependency has…