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Opinion No. (1977)

Nebraska Attorney General Reports

Decided January 19, 1977Published

1Opinion of the Court

REQUESTED BY: Steven P. Finn, County Attorney of Antelope County, Neligh, Nebraska. May a County Board of Supervisors assume the responsibility for the construction, improvement and maintenance of bridges on a township road which do not span streams, but rather drainage ditches?

No.

This opinion presupposes adherence to the statutes on the part of the County Board. It is, as will be seen, possible for the County Board, by failure to follow legislative mandate, to subject the county to a liability which it should not have if the statutes are complied with. But, of course, pursuit of such a…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Martin v. City of LincolnNebraska Supreme Court · 1952
  2. Ritter v. Drainage District No. 1Nebraska Supreme Court · 1947
  3. Richardson County ex rel. Sheehan v. Drainage District No. 1Nebraska Supreme Court · 1913
  4. Haschke v. SCHOOL DIST. OF HUMPHREY IN CO. OF PLATTENebraska Supreme Court · 1969
  5. Henneberg v. County of BurtNebraska Supreme Court · 1955

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