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Court of Claims of Illinois, 1925

West Indies Fruit Importing Co. v. State

West Indies Fruit Importing Co. v. State
Court of Claims of Illinois · Decided May 1, 1925 · Leech
5 Ill. Ct. Cl. 142; 1925 Ill. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 76

Counsel

Moran, Paltzer & O’Donnell, for claimant., Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General ; Edward C. Fitch, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

West Indies Fruit Importing Co. v. State

Opinion of the Court

Mr. Justice Leech

delivered the opinion of the court :

This is a ■ claim for the refund of franchise taxes erroneously paid to the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, by claimant, in the years 1920 and 1922, in the amount of $3792.25.

The demurrer filed by the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, is, as a matter of law, sustained.

On the grounds of equity and social justice, we award claimant the sum of $3792.25.

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