Legal Opinion

Cover v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation District

Nebraska Supreme Court

Decided February 13, 1959No. 34465PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the CourtSimmons, C. J.

This is an action for damages occasioned by flood-waters. It is the second appeal. In Cover v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irr. Dist., 162 Neb. 146, 75 N. W. 2d 661, we reversed a judgment for the defendant and remanded the cause for a new trial. The cause was tried a second time. It resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant. Plaintiff appeals.

We reverse the judgment of the trial court and remand the cause with directions for a retrial limited to the issue of plaintiff’s damages.

Plaintiff here assigns and argues as prejudicial error remarks of the trial judge in the presence of…

2Cases cited3 opinions

  1. Callahan v. PrewittNebraska Supreme Court · 1943
  2. Cover v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1956
  3. Pueppka v. Iowa Mutual Insurance Co.Nebraska Supreme Court · 1958

3Cited by11 opinions

  1. Maloney v. KaminskiNebraska Supreme Court · 1985
  2. Widmyer v. Southeast Skyways, Inc.Alaska Supreme Court · 1978
  3. Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. v. Henry Carlson Co.South Dakota Supreme Court · 1969
  4. Cover v. Platte Valley Public Power & Irrigation DistrictNebraska Supreme Court · 1962
  5. Dempsey v. City of SourisNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1979

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