Brown v. State

This action was brought by the State to recover possession of certain real property known as the “ capítol grounds,” situated in the city of Denver. The State had judgment below, and Brown appealed.

It is assigned for error, (1) “ That the State cannot maintain a civil action in the nature of ejectment, or the action providéd for in the Code, of that nature to try the title to land.”

It is accepted law, that a State, as a political corporation, may maintain, in its corporate name and in its own courts, actions for the enforcement of its rights or the redress of its wrongs, independently of any…