Case Name: George H. Helberg, Defendant in Error, v. Benjamin F. Odell, Plaintiff in Error
Court: Illinois Appellate Court
Jurisdiction: Illinois
Decision Date: 1915-04-13
Citations: 192 Ill. App. 266
Docket Number: Gen. No. 20,104
Parties: George H. Helberg, Defendant in Error, v. Benjamin F. Odell, Plaintiff in Error.
Judges: 
Reporter: Illinois Appellate Court Reports
Volume: 192
Pages: 266–267

Head Matter:
George H. Helberg, Defendant in Error, v. Benjamin F. Odell, Plaintiff in Error.
Gen. No. 20,104.
(Not to be reported in full.)
Error to the Municipal Court of Chicago; the Hon. Joseph E. Ryan, Judge, presiding. Heard in the Branch Appellate Court at the March term, 1914.
Affirmed.
Opinion filed April 13, 1915.
Statement of the Case.
Action by George H. Heiberg against Benjamin F. Odell to recover money paid under protest. . Heiberg on taking up his note was charged by defendant a sum for attorney’s fees and interest, which he paid under protest. From a judgment in favor of plaintiff, the defendant brings error.
Benjamin F. J. Odell, pro se.
No appearance for defendant in error.
See Illinois Notes Digest, Vols. XI to XV, and Cumulative Quarterly, same topic and section number.

Opinion:
Mr. Justice Smith
delivered the opinion of the court.
Abstract of the Decision.
Payment, § 43 —when excess payment may he recovered. Where the maker of a collateral note pays, under protest, to the holder a sum as attorney's fees and excess interest not demandable under the terms of the note, such sum may be recovered in a suit against him.