LoBue v. State

OPINION

By the Court,

Mowbray, L:

The narrow issue presented for our consideration on this appeal is whether Article 9, section 4, of the Nevada Constitution, which provides, “The State shall never assume the debts of any county, town, city or other corporation whatever, unless such debts have been created to repel invasion[,] suppress insurrection or to provide for the public defense”, bars the appellant, Mary LoBue, as a matter of law, from proceeding to trial in the district court on her amended counterclaim to recover damages from the respondent, The State of Nevada, for the failure of Clark…