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COMMONWEALTH v. McCOUN

313 S.W.2d 585 (1958)

COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Department of Highways of Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellants, v. Emma McCOUN, Appellee. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Department of Highways of Commonwealth of Kentucky, Appellants, v. Orene Swango DAVIS, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied June 20, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jo M. Ferguson, Atty. Gen., Hafford E. Hay, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellants.

Thomas F. Marshall, Frankfort, Edward E. Bach, Campton, for appellees.

STANLEY, Commissioner.

The vital question before the Court is the constitutional power of the Legislature since it has enacted a general law which can be made applicable to all such cases, to pass a joint resolution permitting certain persons to sue the Commonwealth for damages on individual claims and authorizing the payment of any judgments recovered.

The General Assembly, at its regular 1956 session, passed a...

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