2015 Nebraska Revised Statutes
Chapter 23 - COUNTY GOVERNMENT AND OFFICERS
23-262 Towns; actions by or against; how brought.
23-262. Towns; actions by or against; how brought.
When any controversy or cause of action shall exist between any towns of this state, or between any town and individual or corporation, proceedings may be had or suits brought, either at law or in equity, for the purpose of trying and finally settling such controversies. In all such suits and proceedings the town shall sue and be sued by its corporate name, except when town officers shall be authorized by law to sue in their names of office for the benefit of the town.
Source
- Laws 1895, c. 28, § 62, p. 148;
- R.S.1913, § 1046;
- C.S.1922, § 948;
- C.S.1929, § 26-262;
- R.S.1943, § 23-262.
Annotations
Township can maintain an action for a breach of official duty by a road overseer. Town of Denver v. Myers, 63 Neb. 107, 88 N.W. 191 (1901).
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