Kroger Co. v. State

Kroger Company, A Corporation, filed its claim for $395.00, as the result of a payment of $5.00 for each store-located in the State of Illinois for the privilege of dealing in eggs in the State of Illinois. This was done in order to obtain a license pursuant to Chap. 56½, Secs. 7-8, 1957 Ill. Rev. Stats., the license being one issued by the Department of Agriculture.'

On October 31, 1957, the Department of Agriculture issued to claimant 73 Class One (I) licenses for the stores mentioned in paragraph 4 of the complaint filed herein.

Claimant alleges that, prior to the payment of the license fee…