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Under the traditional sovereign-function distinction stated in the question, ordinary railway or dockyard operations are commercial activities that private persons can also…

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“No action lies against the Government for injury done to an individual in the course of exercise of its sovereign functions”. All of the following actions are covered by the above provision, except

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Under the traditional sovereign-function distinction stated in the question, ordinary railway or dockyard operations are commercial activities that private persons can also carry out. Negligence in that work therefore falls outside sovereign immunity. Police powers and administration of justice illustrate the contrasting sovereign category; government ownership alone does not turn commercial work into a sovereign function.

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