Sehlin v. State

It is unnecessary to determine in this proceeding whether plaintiffs actually acquired the right to the claim by operation of law or by assignment.

The claim denied by the legislature, which denial constitutes the basis of plaintiffs’ right to maintain this action, states that plaintiffs “purchased and acquired the interest of A. A. Prendergast & Associates and Industrial Contracting-Company named as parties of the second part in said contract,” and assert their right to amounts claimed to be due on the contract “as assignees of the parties of the second part.”

As was pointed out by the court…