MERBITT STARR v. STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Case summary
Claimant, appointed by the Governor as attorney in a U.S. Supreme Court case, paid $10.84 on behalf of the State and was not reimbursed. The court awarded the amount based on the reasoning in Bernard & Miller v. State.
Cases cited: Bernard & Miller v. State
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- RECUSOS-when made. Funds paid out in the performance of employ-
MERBITT STARR
v.
STATE OF ILLINOIS.
Opinion filed May 12, 1917.
RECUSOS-when made. Funds paid out in the performance of employment regularly made, for which the State receives the benefit will be refunded.
Miller, Starr, Brown, Packard & Peckham, for Complainant.
Edward J. Brundage, Attorney General, for State.
Claimant by special appointment of the Governor of Illinois was appointed and served the State as attorney in a certain case in the Supreme Court of the United States, known therein as People of the State of Illinois on the relation of Charles S. Deneen, Governor, and William H. Stead, Attorney General, plaintiffs in error v. The Economy Light and Power Company, Defendants in error.
That while acting as attorney aforesaid, claimant paid out for and on behalf of the State, the sum of $10.84, in connection with the prosecution of said case, and the State has never reimbursed him for this amount.
For the reasons set forth in the case of Bernard & Miller v. State, which opinion was filed at this term, we award to claimant the sum of ten and 84/100 ($10.84) dollars.