Rieger v. United States

The plaintiff, Commander Augustine Watchman Rieger, an officer of the United States Navy, sues to recover the difference in rental and subsistence allowances between those *636of an officer without dependents, in which status he has been paid, and an officer with a dependent.

Between July 1, 1922, and July 1, 1926, he received rental and subsistence allowance as an officer with a dependent mother. Since July 1, 1926, he has been denied these allowances. Recovery is sought for rental allowance because of a dependent mother from July 1, 1926, to March 15, 1928, and for subsistence allowance because…