Jessen v. DeFord

Mues, Judge.

This is an appeal from the decision of the Knox County District Court sustaining defendants’ individual motions to dismiss plaintiff’s petition with prejudice at the close of plaintiff’s case. Plaintiff-appellant is John Jessen, a resident taxpayer and property owner in the city of Bloomfield, Knox County, Nebraska. Defendants-appellees are the mayor of Bloomfield, Lyle A. DeFord; the individual members of the city council, Don Eggen, Harry Sage, Jr., Kenneth Carlow, and Douglas Hefner; the city treasurer, Ryan Bloomquist; and the city clerk, Gerald L. Clausen. For the following…