Tammany v. United States

GREEN, Judge.

The plaintiff, who was commissioned an ensign on June 4, 1924, and three years later made a lieutenant, jumor grade, in the United States Navy, brings tMs suit to recover rental and subsistence allowance because of an alleged dependency of Ms mother upon him. The only question in the case is whether his mother was in fact dependent upon him for her eMef support, and of this the evidence leaves little doubt.

Plaintiff’s mother has a small amount of property from wMch she receives an income of about $109 a year. She and her sister own the house in- which they live, which is worth…