Palmer v. Ohio
Supreme Court of the United States
.ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF OHIO. The case is stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clarke
The plaintiffs in error sued the State of Ohio for damages for flooding lands by elevating the spillway of a state-maintained dam. The Supreme Court of the State affirmed the action of the lower courts in dismissing the petition on the ground that the State had not consented so to be sued, and we are asked to review this decisiop.
The plaintiffs in error agree, as they must, that their suit cannot be maintained without the consent of the State, but" they claim that such consent was given in an amendment to § 16 of Article I of the state constitution, adopted in 1912, which reads:
“Suits may be…
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