Harbaugh v. United States

The plaintiff, James L. Plarbaugh, Jr., a captain in the United States Army, seeks to recover rental and subsistence allowances on account of a dependent mother for the period from September 1, 1936, to date of judgment.

The claim is based upon Section 4 of the Act of June 10, 1922, 42 Stat. 625, 627, which reads as follows:

Seo. 4. That the term “dependent” as used in the succeeding sections of this Act shall include at all times and in all places a lawful wife and unmarried children under twenty-one years of age. It shall also include the mother of the officer provided she is in fact…