Legal Opinion

Cox v. State

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided May 6, 1938No. 30333PublishedCited by 19 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtMessmore, J.

This is an appeal from the district court for Lincoln county, wherein the court sustained a demurrer to the plaintiff’s petition, which she filed pursuant to Legislative Bill No. 20, passed by the Fifty-second session of the Nebraska legislature. Laws 1937, ch. 132. The bill, in substance, waived the sovereignty of the state, the statute of limitations, created liability on the part of the state for negligence of its agents and servants, causing injury to the plaintiff, provided for the bringing of suit in the district court for Lincoln county, designated the attorney general to represent the…

2Cases cited18 opinions

  1. Gledhill v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1932
  2. State ex rel. Taylor v. HallNebraska Supreme Court · 1935
  3. Sirrine v. StateSupreme Court of South Carolina · 1925
  4. Allan v. KennardNebraska Supreme Court · 1908
  5. Shear v. StateNebraska Supreme Court · 1929

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3Cited by19 opinions

  1. Haman v. MarshNebraska Supreme Court · 1991
  2. May v. City of KearneyNebraska Supreme Court · 1945
  3. Nadeau v. StateSupreme Judicial Court of Maine · 1978
  4. State v. RodriguesHawaii Supreme Court · 1981
  5. Smith v. Government of the Virgin IslandsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1967

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