Bell v. United States

Plaintiff is suing to recover rental allowance which he claims is due the estate of John DeGroot, a warrant officer in the life-saving branch of the United States Coast Guard, who died December 5, 1925.

The first permanent station of the decedent was at City Point Coast Guard Station, South Boston, Mass., where he was furnished three rooms from July 1, 1922, to November 8, 1922. The findings show that two of these rooms were located on the first deck of a house boat anchored a half mile offshore, the City Point Station being a floating station, one of the rooms being used by DeGroot as living…