LYON v. STATE

No. 8203.

283 P.2d 1105 (1955)

Ben LYON and Ida Lyon, his wife, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. STATE of Idaho and Board of Education of the State of Idaho, Defendants-Respondents, Bannock County et al., Defendants.

Supreme Court of Idaho.

Rehearing Denied June 9, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

F. E. Tydeman, Anderson & Anderson, Pocatello, for appellants.

Zener & Peterson, Pocatello, for respondents.


KEETON, Justice.

In this proceeding respondents claim that the Board of Education of the State of Idaho and the State of Idaho are immune from suit, and that an action to quiet title to certain lands cannot, because of such sovereign immunity, be maintained against them, or either. Also, because of a delay in bringing the matter to trial, the case was properly dismissed for lack of timely prosecution.

The action was commenced January 5, 1942. The respondents...

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