State Ex Rel. State Board of Public Affairs v. Principal Funding Corp.

IRWIN, Justice:

Presented for review is a Certified Interlocutory Order of the trial court concerning the rights of a corporate entity to sue the State in an action at law based upon breach of contract where the State has not consented to being sued. The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court, i. e., Respondent, Principal Funding Corporation, will be referred to as plaintiff, and Petitioners, defendants in the trial court, will be referred to as State.

The facts giving rise to this litigation are briefly summarized.

*504Plaintiff owned certain real property and entered into…