Legal Opinion
Wakeley v. Douglas County
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided December 8, 1922No. 22960PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Shepherd, District Judge.
Two questions are involved, the constitutionality of chapter 118, Laws 1921, and the right of a citizen to recover, irrespective of statute, for the destruction of his property by a mob.
These questions arise in the suit of Arthur C. Wakeley, the appellee and plaintiff, against Douglas county, appellant and defendant, in which the former sued the latter, alleging that a riotous mob had taken possession of the courthouse and burned his library therein kept and used in his work as a judge of the district court. There was a denial of the petition, following the filing and…
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