Julian v. State

— This action was brought by appellants, in the court below, under the act approved March 9, 1889, section 1419, R. S. 1894, which authorizes any person or persons having, or claiming to have, a money demand against the State, arising at law or equity, express or implied, to bring suit against the State in the superior court of Marion county, Indiana, etc.

It is averred in the first paragraph of the complaint that in 1879 the State was the owner of 8,000 acres of land known as the Beaver lake lands, in Newton county, and which had been taken possession of by persons without right, who assumed…