Retelle v. State

Sec. 285.01 of the Statutes provides in part:

“It shall be competent for any person deeming himself aggrieved by the refusal of the legislature to allow any just claim against the state to commence an action against the state by filing a complaint, setting forth fully and particularly the nature of such claim, with the clerk of the supreme court either in term time or vacation. ...”

Sec. 285.03 of the Statutes provides:

“The supreme court shall proceed to hear and determine such action. If an issue of fact shall be made in such action which the court shall deem necessary to be tried by a jury it…