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Court of Claims of Illinois, 1925

Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc. v. State

Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc. v. State
Court of Claims of Illinois · Decided May 1, 1925 · Leech
5 Ill. Ct. Cl. 169; 1925 Ill. Ct. Cl. LEXIS 99

Counsel

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

Piggly Wiggly Stores Inc. 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, in the years 1920,-1921 and 1922, by the above named claimant, total excess paid amounting to $5914.76.

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

' We award claimant the sum of $5914.76, on the grounds of equity and social justice.

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