United States Court of Claims March 20, 1970, 348-66 (Dunstan Abel v. The United States)

DAVIS, Judge.

This case concerns the pecuniary liability of an Air Force officer for the loss of Government property. Congress has provided (10 U.S.C. § 9832) that the “Secretary of the Air Force may prescribe regulations for the accounting for Air Force property and the fixing of responsibility for that property,” and also (10 U.S.C.