State v. Bowling Green, City of

ELR Citation: ELR 20159
No(s). 1047, C.P. No. 41531 (Ohio Ct. App. Dec 22, 1972)

A statute appointing the state trustee of state wildlife gives the state a cause of action in tort against a municipality that destroys that wildlife. The judicial doctrine of governmental immunity does not protect a municipality from a statutory cause of action brought by the state. In addition, th...