Case Name: Kennedy Oil Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1925-05-01
Citations: 5 Ill. Ct. Cl. 130
Docket Number: No. 718
Parties: Kennedy Oil Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 130–130

Head Matter:
(No. 718
Kennedy Oil Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed May 1, 1925.
Brown, Hay & Stephens, for claimant.
Oscar E. Carlstrom, Attorney General; Edward C. Fitch, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

Opinion:
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 1921, 1922 and 1923, amounting in all • to $712.50.
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 $237.50.