GENERAL TELEPHONE COMPANY OF ILLINOIS, Claimant, ‘v. STATE OF ILLINOIS, Respondent.
Case summary
Claimant sought $889.40 for telephone services rendered to the Department of Mental Health at Jacksonville State Hospital. The court awarded the full amount because the contract was properly entered, services were satisfactorily performed, proper charges were made, and adequate funds were available.
Cases cited: National A-orectaire Company vs. State of lllinois, 22 C.C.R. 302; Gilbert-Hodgmam, I w . , vs. State of Illinois, 24 C.C.R. 509
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Headnotes
- CONTRACTS-hp8ed appropriation. Where contract has been properly entered into, all provisions thereof satisfactorily performed, proper charges made therefor, adequate funds were available at the time said contract was executed, and the appropriation from which such claim could and would have been paid had lapsed, an award will be made.
General Telephone Company of Illinois, claimant, seeks judgment in the amount of $889.40 for telephone services rendered the Department of Mental Health during the period from August 1, 1965 through June 30, 1967 at the Jacksonville State Hospital, Jacksonville, Illinois.
The sole reason for nonpayment was that the statement for services was not received in time to process before the end of the 74th Biennium.
The parties have stipulated that the amount claimed herein is due, and that “neither party objects to the entry of an order in favor of claimant and against respondent in the sum of $889.40.”
Where a contract with the State has been (1)properly entered into ; (2) services satisfactorily performed, and materials furnished in accordance with such contract; (3) proper charges made therefor; and, (4) adequate funds were available at the time the contract was entered into, this Court will enter an award for the [*410] amount due. National A-orectaire Company vs. State of lllinois, 22 C.C.R. 302 ; Gilbert-Hodgmam, I w . , vs. State of Illinois, 24 C.C.R. 509. It appears from the record that all of the qualifications have been met in the instant case.
Claimant is hereby awarded the sum of $889.40.