Page v. United States

The issue in this case is whether plaintiff’s mother was in fact dependent upon him for her chief support, within the meaning of section 4, of the act of June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 625, 627), which reads as follows:

“ That the term 1 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 dependent on him for her chief support.”

The findings of fact disclose that the plaintiff’s mother, during the period of the…