Lawrence v. United States

The plaintiff, a bachelor officer in the Coast Guard, seeks to recover rental allowance authorized by law for an officer of his rank, not furnished living quarters by the Government. The periods of the claim are from December 1, 1943, to January 12, 1944, and from January 25, 1944, to September 30, 1944. During the first period mentioned the plaintiff, a Dieutenant Commander in the Coast Guard, then under the *649jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Navy, was assigned to duty as an aviator, piloting Coast Guard aircraft at the United States Coast Guard Air Station, San. Francisco, California, and…