Legal Opinion
Sorensen v. Lower Niobrara Natural Resources District
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided November 8, 1985No. 84-224PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtShanahan, J.
Harvey L. and Margot Sorensen appeal the judgment entered in the district court for Knox County on a verdict in an eminent domain proceeding commenced by Lower Niobrara Natural Resources District (NRD). We reverse and remand for a new trial.
On February 4, 1981, NRD applied for a permit under the Municipal and Rural Domestic Ground Water Transfers Permit Act, Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 46-638 to 46-650 (Reissue 1984) (the act), to install two wells on a quarter section owned by Sorensens- and obtain statutory spacing protection. After a hearing on April 2 the Director of Water Resources (director)…
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