Murray v. City of Omaha
Nebraska Supreme Court
ERROR from the district court for Douglas county. Action in trespass for the tearing down a building as a nuisance under municipal ordinance. The facts appear in the opinion. Tried below before Baxter, J. Judgment for defendants. Plaintiff brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Pound, 0.
This is an action against the city of Omaha and the members of the board for the inspection of buildings, appointed under its charter, to recover for the alleged wrongful tearing down of certain frame buildings condemned by the board as nuisances under provisions of a municipal ordinance. The principal contest was as to the liability of the city, and as no other question is argued in the plaintiff’s briefs, we are concerned with that aspect of the case only. Section 86 of the act of 1893* for the government of cities of the metropolitan class, which was in force at the time of the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Calwell v. City of BooneSupreme Court of Iowa · 1879
- Peters v. City of LindsborgSupreme Court of Kansas · 1889
- Bryant v. City of St. PaulSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1885
- McGinnis v. Inhabitants of MedwayMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1900
- Mead v. City of New HavenSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1873
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Burke v. City of South OmahaNebraska Supreme Court · 1907
- Lock v. City of ImperialNebraska Supreme Court · 1968
- Sheets v. City of McCookNebraska Supreme Court · 1914