School District of Santee v. Anderson

This is an appeal involving the disposition of the free high school fund of Knox County, Nebraska, 9 years after the dissolution of the sole remaining Class I district in that county.

The district court distributed the fund but denied the appellant, Santee district No. C-5, any share on the authority of School District of Murray v. Lancaster, 203 Neb. 109, 277 N.W.2d 558 (1979). Santee district had admittedly drawn from the fund an amount substantially in excess of the amount contributed from the proceeds of the levy. Santee appeals.

At first blush the case appears indistinguishable from…