2014 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 25 - COURTS; CIVIL PROCEDURE
25-21,227 - Forcible entry and detainer; trial by jury; verdict.
25-21,227. Forcible entry and detainer; trial by jury; verdict.
If a jury is demanded by either party, the proceedings shall be in all respects as in other cases. If the jury shall find that the complaint is true, they shall render a general verdict of guilty against the defendant; if not true, then a general verdict of not guilty; if true in part, then a verdict setting forth the facts they find true.
Source
- Laws 1929, c. 82, § 126, p. 311;
C.S.1929, § 22-1210;
R.S.1943, § 26-1,127;
Laws 1972, LB 1032, § 77;
R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-577.
Annotations
A forcible entry and detainer action is a civil suit subject to the normal rules of a civil proceeding, including the power of the court to sustain a motion for a directed verdict in favor of either party at the close of all evidence. Otto v. Hongsermeier Farms, 217 Neb. 45, 348 N.W.2d 422 (1984).
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