DILKS v. UNITED STATES

No. 48042.

94 F.Supp. 663 (1950)

DILKS v. UNITED STATES.

United States Court of Claims.

November 28, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Fred W. Shields, Washington, D. C., King & King, Washington, D. C., on the brief, for plaintiff.

Paris T. Houston, Washington, D. C., H. G. Morison, Asst. Atty. Gen., for defendant.

Before JONES, Chief Judge, and LITTLETON, WHITAKER, MADDEN and HOWELL, Judges.


LITTLETON, Judge.

Plaintiff, a United States Army sergeant, who was captured by the Japanese while assigned to temporary duty on Wake Island under orders providing for the payment of allowances for quarters and subsistence, sues for such allowances covering the period he was held as a prisoner of war by the Japanese. Plaintiff contends that he is entitled to such allowances by virtue of Section 2 of the Missing Persons Act of March 7, 1942, 56 Stat. 143, as amended...

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