Commonwealth Power Co. v. State

Pursuant to a resolution passed by the house of representatives on March 17, 1919, authorizing this suit, the Commonwealth Power Company, hereinafter designated the plaintiff, brought this action against the state in the district court for Lancaster county, and recovered a judgment for the principal sum of $2,435. The state has appealed. The plaintiff has filed a cross-appeal claiming interest on the money during the time it has been in the hands of the state.

It appears that in May, 1912, and prior thereto, the secretary of the state board of irrigation, highways and drainage (who is the…