JOBST BETHARD COMPANY, Claimant, v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.

Case summary

The claimant sought $18.56 for four barrels of table salt shipped to the St. Charles School for Boys. The court found the goods were received and consumed, and recommended the claim be allowed.

Claim type: Contract

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SYLLABUS-when award will be made. Where it appears from the record

SYLLABUS-when award will be made. Where it appears from the record that goods were shipped to a State institution and consumed by the inmates thereof, for which the purchase price had not been paid, an award will be recommended. JOBST BETHARD COMPANY, pro se. OSCAR E. CARLSTROM, Attorney General; ROY D. JOHNSON, Assistant Attorney General, for respondent.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE CLARITY delivered the opinion of the court:

This is a claim in the sum of $18.56 for four barrels of table salt shipped Oct. 26th, 1928, to the St. Charles School for Boys, located at St. Charles, Illinois. It appears from the record that there is no question about the goods being received and consumed by the inmates of the institution in question.

Therefore the court recommends that the claimant be allowed the sum of $18.56.