O'CONNOR v. Kaufman

Severs, Judge.

Our practice is to closely examine all cases in their initial stages to ensure that jurisdiction has been perfected. Our objective is to quickly terminate appeals when we lack jurisdiction to conserve judicial resources and avoid litigation expenses for the parties, which otherwise would be to no avail. Because neither the Nebraska Supreme Court nor this court has directly discussed the particular jurisdictional question which arises in this case, we believe that a published opinion explaining our decision is in order, rather than merely summarily dismissing this appeal as we…