Case: WARREN R. CUTHBERT vs. THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT
Abbreviation: Cuthbert v. Hawaiian Government
Court: Supreme Court of the State of Hawaii
Jurisdiction: Hawaii
Decision Date: 1855-01
Docket Number: 
Citation: 1 Haw. 151
Volume: 1
Reporter: Hawaii Reports
Parties: WARREN R. CUTHBERT vs. THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT.
Pages: 151–151

WARREN R. CUTHBERT vs. THE HAWAIIAN GOVERNMENT.
A suit cannot he instituted against this Government, without the permission of the King in Council
Mr. Montgomery for the plaintiff.
Mr. Bates for the government.

Mr. Bates, for the government, moved that this cause be struck from the calendar, on the ground -that the government could not be sued except by permission of the King in Privy Council, which permission had never been obtained.
The Court said that as a general rule no government could be sued, and that the proper resort of those having claims against the government was the legislature, which body it was presumed would render to every man his just dues. This was the law in other countries, and it was expressly provided by our statutes that no suit could be instituted against the government, unless by permission of the King in Privy Council. The motion was accordingly granted.