Legal Opinion
Dvorak v. Bunge Corp.
Nebraska Supreme Court
Decided March 5, 1999No. S-97-791PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Per curiam
NATURE OF CASE
This opinion addresses an appeal filed by Bunge Corporation (Bunge) and a cross-appeal by Joyce Dvorak (Dvorak), personal representative of the estate of David Dvorak, deceased, regarding summary judgments entered in favor of Harold K. Scholz Company (Scholz).
SCOPE OF REVIEW
The question of jurisdiction is a question of law, upon which an appellate court reaches a conclusion independent of that of the trial court. Stoneman v. United Neb. Bank, 254 Neb. 477, 577 N.W.2d 271 (1998).
It not only is within the power, but it is the duty of an appellate court to determine whether the…
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