Coonley v. State

This claim is for the refund of $1,161.05 inheritance, taxes alleged to have been erroneously paid because of a mutual mistake of fact. The tax was paid by the executors of Phoebe Seipp, deceased. The facts have been stipulated, the stipulation showing: that Phoebe Seipp died October 28, 1927; that an appraiser was appointed to appraise the property of her estate; that on May 3,1928, the County Court of Cook County entered an order fixing the amount of inheritance tax due at the sum of $57,761.06; that on April 27, 1928, the executors paid the County Treasurer of Cook County $54,873.01, being…