Case ID: ill-ct-cl_5/html/0154-02.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Mr. Justice Leech", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

(No. 806
    Claimant awarded $4,066.44.)
    Vulcanite Roofing Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
    
      Opinion filed May 1, 1925.
    
    Franchise tax — when refund may be made. While the tax erroneously paid may not be recovered, yet on grounds of social justice and equity, a refund may be awarded.
    Adams, Follansbee, Hawley & Shorey, for claimant.
    Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General ; Edward C. Fitch, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.
   Mr. Justice Leech

delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a claim filed by above claimant to recover portions ■ of franchise taxes erroneously paid by above named claimant to the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois in the years 1921 and 1922,'total excess tax paid amounting do $4,066.44.

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 $4,066.44.