Case Name: H. W. Gossard Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1925-05-01
Citations: 5 Ill. Ct. Cl. 135
Docket Number: No. 731
Parties: H. W. Gossard Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 135–136

Head Matter:
(No. 731
H. W. Gossard Company, Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Opinion filed May 1, 1925.
Moran, Paltzer & O ’Donnell, 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 to recover the franchise taxes erroneously paid to the Secretary of State of the State of Illinois, by the above named, claimant in the years 1921 and 1922, the excess tax paid by claimant amounting 'to $1,178.11.
The demurrer filed by the Attorney General of the State of Illinois, is, as a matter of law, sustained.
We award claimant above named the sum of $1,178.11, on the grounds of equity and social justice.