BARKER MILLING AND GRAIN COMPANY, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought $50.00 for an advance on a warehouse license never issued, which was refused due to lapsed funds. The court awarded the amount based on a stipulation and the doctrine of lapsed appropriation.
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- CONTRACTS-lapsed appropriation. Where evidence showed that the only reason claim was not paid was due to the fact that, prior to the time a statement was presented, the appropriation lapsed, an award will be made.
Claimant, Barker Milling and Grain Company, seeks to recover from the State of Illinois payment in the sum of $50.00 for an advance on warehouse license never issued. Demand for said sum was refused on the grounds that funds appropriated for such payments had lapsed.
A stipulation was entered into by claimant and respondent as follows :
“The report of the Illinois Commerce Commission to the Illinois Attorney General, dated December 2,1966, ( a copy of which is attached hereto, marked exhibit A, and, by this reference, incorporated herein and made a part hereof) shall be admitted into evidence in this proceeding without objection by either party.
“No other oral or written evidence will be introduced by either party.
“The Commissioner to which this case has been assigned and the Court may make and file their reports, recommendations, orders and decisions based upon the pleadings heretofore filed, and the evidence herein stipulated.
“Neither party objects to the entry of an order in favor of claimant and against respondent in the sum of $50.00.
“Neither party desires to file briefs in this proceeding.
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[*390] “Both parties waive notice of any hearing, and agree that the aforesaid order may be entered without either party being present.”
This is a matter of a lapsed appropriation, and this Court has repeatedly held that, where a contract has been (1) properly entered into ; ( 2 ) service is satisfactorily performed, and materials furnished in accordance with such contract; (3) proper charges made therefor; (4) adequate funds were available at the time the contracts were entered into; and, (5) the appropriation for the biennium from which such claim could have been paid had lapsed, it would enter an award for the amount due.
Claimant, Barker Milling and Grain Company, is thereby awarded the sum of $50.00.