Simons v. United States

Plaintiff, a commissioned officer in the United States Navy, with the rank of lieutenant, junior grade, brings this suit to recover rental and subsistence allowances on account of a dependent mother from December 1, 1935, to November 1, 1938, in which latter month he married.

There is no controversy over the facts in the case. Plaintiff’s mother is a widow, who, during the period involved, was the owner of a small amount of property from which in the year 1936 she derived an income of $331; in the year 1937, $311; and in the year 1938, $300.

*135Plaintiff's family consists of his mother and his…