City of Chadron v. State

The city of Chadron appealed from a dismissal, by the district court for Lancaster county, of its suit against the state. The sovereignty of the state rendering it immune from suit, the plaintiff presented its claim to the legislature of 1923 and was authorized by House Roll No. 718, approved May 3, 1923, to sue. The case was tried to the court under section 1103, Comp. St. 1922, which says that the court “shall hear and determine the matter upon the testimony according to justice and right, as upon the amicable settlement of a controversy, and shall render award and judgment against the…