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  "id": 2842379,
  "name": "Merchants Loan & Trust Co., Administrator of the Estate of Lillie Billow, Deceased v. State of Illinois",
  "name_abbreviation": "Merchants Loan & Trust Co. v. State",
  "decision_date": "1922-09-11",
  "docket_number": "",
  "first_page": "237",
  "last_page": "237",
  "citations": [
    {
      "type": "official",
      "cite": "4 Ill. Ct. Cl. 237"
    }
  ],
  "court": {
    "name_abbreviation": "Ill. Ct. Cl.",
    "id": 8793,
    "name": "Illinois Court of Claims"
  },
  "jurisdiction": {
    "id": 29,
    "name_long": "Illinois",
    "name": "Ill."
  },
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  "last_updated": "2023-07-14T18:11:37.214460+00:00",
  "provenance": {
    "date_added": "2019-08-29",
    "source": "Harvard",
    "batch": "2018"
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  "casebody": {
    "judges": [],
    "parties": [
      "Merchants Loan & Trust Co., Administrator of the Estate of Lillie Billow, Deceased v. State of Illinois."
    ],
    "opinions": [
      {
        "text": "The claimant prosecutes this suit to recover an inheritance tax erroneously assessed and erroneously paid on the estate of Lillie Billow, deceased.\nThe evidence of record discloses and same is conceded by the State, that Said estate was assessed by County Judge in the sum of $3,363.09, which under protest ivas paid by administrator, less 5%, making $3,-\n194.94. In due time, this order was appealed to the County Court, which found that no inheritance tax was due to the State from said estate, and ordered a refund of the $3,194.94, less $35.00 cost of the prosecution of said appeal, which was adjudged against the appellant.\nThis proceeding was never appealed from.\nThe Attorney General consents to the allowance of the claim of $3,-194.94, less $35.00 making $3,159.94.\nThe interest contended for will be disallowed and an award of $3,-159.94 ordered paid to the claimant.",
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        "author": null
      }
    ],
    "attorneys": [
      "Edward J. Brundage, Attorney General, for State."
    ],
    "corrections": "",
    "head_matter": "Merchants Loan & Trust Co., Administrator of the Estate of Lillie Billow, Deceased v. State of Illinois.\nOpinion filed September 11, 1922.\nInheritance Tax \u2014 when refund will be made. Where an inheritance tax is assessed by the County Judge, and is paid, and upon appeal to the County Court it is found that no inheritance tax is due the State, the claimant is entitled to a refund of the tax paid.\nEdward J. Brundage, Attorney General, for State."
  },
  "file_name": "0237-01",
  "first_page_order": 253,
  "last_page_order": 253
}