Butler v. United States

Booth, Chief Justice,

delivered tbe opinion:

Tbe plaintiff, a commissioned officer of tbe Navy on active duty, sues to recover rental and subsistence allowances in accord with bis rank, on account of tbe alleged adoption of bis brother, a minor child. Tbe period claimed for extends from October 12, 1927, to date of judgment in this case.

Tbe suit is based upon tbe acts of June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 625), May 31, 1924 (43 Stat. 250), and February 21, 1929 (45 Stat. 1254). Tbe act of June 10, 1922 (supra), provides in part as follows:

“Sec. 4. That the term 'dependent’ as used in tbe succeeding…