Odlin v. United States

The plaintiff during the period covered in this suit, from September 24, 1926, to July 27, 1929, was a lieutenant commander in the United States Navy. He sues to recover the extra rental and subsistence allowances payable to an officer of his rank on account of a dependent mother.

*636The claim is based on section 4 of the act of June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 625) which reads:

“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…