Case Name: West Indies Fruit Importing Co., Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent
Court: Illinois Court of Claims
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1925-05-01
Citations: 5 Ill. Ct. Cl. 142
Docket Number: No. 751
Parties: West Indies Fruit Importing Co., Claimant, vs. State of Illinois, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Court of Claims Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 142–142

Head Matter:
(No. 751
West Indies Fruit Importing Co., 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 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.