Crowder v. Department of State Parks

Grice, Justice.

Appellant’s complaint asserts that adherence by the courts of this State to the principle of sovereign immunity violates and deprives him of his rights under certain provisions of the State and Federal Constitutions. Actually, the case involves mere application of unquestioned and unambiguous provisions of the Constitutions to a given state of facts.

In this situation the rule is well established. "A mere assertion that one has been deprived of a right under the Constitution of this State or of a right under the Federal Constitution is insufficient to confer jurisdiction on the…