Caudle v. United States

The plaintiff brings suit to recover the difference in rental and subsistence allowances between those of an officer without dependents, in which status he had been paid, and an officer with a dependent mother, from June 8, 1923, to September 19, 1924.

His claim is based on sections 4, 5, and 6 of the act of June 10, 1922 (42 Stat. 628), as amended by the act of May 31, 1924 (43 Stat. 250).

The plaintiff’s mother during the period of the claim was over fifty-two years of age and owned no property of any kind. Her living expenses during the period in question averaged around $100 per month, of…