O'Mohundro v. United States

The plaintiff, who is an officer in the regular army, brings this suit to recover rental allowances on the ground that he was not furnished adequate government quarters while serving on temporary duty with the Civilian Conservation Corps from’June 15, 1933, to November 11, 1933.

During the period of the claim the plaintiff, in company with two other officers, occupied a canvas tent. The act of March 4, 1915, authorized the Secretary of War to determine where and when there are no public quarters available within the meaning of the law, and pursuant to the authority vested in him by this act…