Court Opinion

ID: 4732653
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2021-08-12 02:57:02.535062+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:08:07.147035
License: Public Domain

Gose, J.
(dissenting) — The action either sounds in tort or arises out of a contract, express or implied. If it sounds in tort, the statute governs; if it is upon contract, it is controlled by the city charter. The majority opinion rests upon the fiction that the sovereign can do no wrong. The respondent asserts that it has done a wrong and the suit is *628waged to redress the wrong. A property right resting upon the constitution is no more sacred than any other property right. As I read the cases, they do not support the view taken by the majority. I think that the failure of the respondent to properly present his claim precludes a recovery. Upon that ground only, I dissent.