Section 11-45-1 - When the state may be sued

Any person having a claim against the State of Mississippi, after demand made of the auditor of public accounts therefor, and his refusal to issue a warrant on the treasurer in payment of such claim, may, where it is not otherwise provided, bring suit therefor against the state, in the court having jurisdiction of the subject matter which holds its sessions at the seat of government; and, if there be no such court at the seat of government, such suit may be instituted in such court in the county in which the seat of government may be.Codes, 1871, § 1573; 1880, § 2641; 1892, § 4248; 1906, § 4800; Hemingway's 1917, § 3164; 1930, § 5997; 1942, § 4387.