Purinton v. State

Claimants failed to file a claim or notice of intention within the time limited therefor by subdivision 3 of section 10 of the Court of Claims Act. They now ask permission of this court to file a claim by a motion duly made under subdivision 5 of section 10 of the same act.

We shall only concern ourselves with the excuse offered for failure to comply with the prescribed statute.

These are the alleged facts: Claimants visited their property on December 10, 1947, and were informed by their tenant that a large shade tree growing between the farmhouse and the paved portion of the highway had been…