Chapter 25 — COURTS; CIVIL PROCEDURE
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Repealed. Laws 2008, LB 1014, § 80.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1134 Trial by referee; exceptions; report.
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It shall be the duty of the referees to sign any true exceptions taken to any order or decision by them made in the case and return the same with their report to the court making the reference.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1135 Reference in vacation; written consent required.
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A judge in vacation, upon the written consent of the parties, may make any order of reference which the court, of which he is a member, could make in term time. In such case, the order of reference shall be made on the written agreement of the parties to refer, and shall be filed…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1136 Referees; oath or affirmation.
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The referees must be sworn or affirmed well and faithfully to hear and examine the cause, and to make a just and true report therein according to the best of their understanding. The oath may be administered by any person authorized to take depositions.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1137 Referees; compensation.
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The referees shall be allowed such compensation for their services as the court may deem just and proper, which shall be taxed as a part of the costs in the case.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1138 Exception, defined.
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An exception is an objection taken to a decision of the court upon a matter of law.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1139 Taking and noting of exceptions; unnecessary, when.
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Every litigant in any court or in any proceeding to which he is a party before any judge, magistrate, referee, board or tribunal, shall be deemed and taken, both in the trial court and before such judge, magistrate, referee, board or tribunal as well on appeal or error therefrom,…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1140 Bill of exceptions; filing of request; further proceedings governed by rules of court.
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Upon appeal from the district court, the party appealing may order a bill of exceptions by filing in the office of the clerk of the district court a praecipe therefor within the time allowed for filing a notice of appeal. The procedure for preparation, settlement, signature, allo…
Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Repealed. Laws 1959, c. 104, § 3.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1140.08 Bill of exceptions; boards and tribunals; filing of request; further proceedings governed by rules of court.
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This section shall apply to all appeals and error proceedings where specific provision is not made by law for a bill of exceptions. Any reporter approved by the officer, board, or tribunal from which the appeal or error proceeding is taken may attend and record the trial or proce…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1140.09 Bill of exceptions; preparation; court reporter; fees; procedure for preparation; taxation of cost.
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On the application of the county attorney or any party to a suit in which a record of the proceedings has been made, upon receipt of the notice provided in section 29-2525, or upon the filing of a praecipe for a bill of exceptions by an appealing party in the office of the clerk …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1141 Testimony; repetition of objections unnecessary.
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Where an objection has once been made to the admission of testimony and overruled by the court it shall be unnecessary to repeat the same objection to further testimony of the same nature by the same witness in order to save the error, if any, in the ruling of the court whereby s…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1142 New trial, defined; grounds.
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A new trial is a reexamination in the same court of an issue of fact after a verdict by a jury, report of a referee, or a trial and decision by the court. The former verdict, report, or decision shall be vacated and a new trial granted on the application of the party aggrieved fo…
Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 921, § 38.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1144 New trial; motion; form.
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The application for a new trial shall be by motion, upon written grounds, filed at the time of making the motion. It shall be sufficient, however, in assigning the grounds of the motion to assign the same in the language of the statute and without further or other particularity. …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1144.01 New trial; motion; when filed; filing before entry of judgment; treatment.
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A motion for a new trial shall be filed no later than ten days after the entry of the judgment. A motion for a new trial filed after the announcement of a verdict or decision but before the entry of judgment shall be treated as filed after the entry of judgment and on the day the…
Repealed. Laws 2000, LB 921, § 38.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1146 Damages.
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Whenever damages are recoverable, the plaintiff may claim and recover any rate of damages to which he may be entitled for the cause of action established.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1147 Actions; when triable.
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Actions shall be triable at the first term of the court after the issues therein, by the times fixed for pleading, are or should have been made up; and when by the times fixed for pleading, the issues are or should have been made up during a term, such action shall be triable at …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1148 Continuance or adjournment of causes pending; motion; affidavits; oral testimony; order; effect.
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Whenever application for continuance or adjournment is made by a party or parties to any cause or proceeding pending in the district court of any county, such application shall be by written motion entitled in the cause or proceeding and setting forth the grounds upon which the a…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1149 Issues; order in which tried; time of hearing.
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The trial of an issue of fact and the assessment of damages in any case shall be in the order in which they are placed on the trial docket, unless by consent of parties or the order of the court they are continued, placed at the heel of the trial docket, or temporarily postponed.…
Transferred to section 25-21,184.
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Transferred to section 25-21,185.
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Transferred to section 25-21,186.
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Transferred to section 25-21,187.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1154 Legislative purpose and findings.
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The purpose of sections 25-1154 to 25-1157 is to provide an alternate dispute resolution technique, to be known as the summary jury trial, for use by the parties to civil court actions. The Legislature finds that the procedures set forth in such sections will save valuable court …
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1155 Motion; when granted; contents.
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In any civil action, the district court may grant a summary jury trial upon the written motion of all parties or their oral motion in court entered upon the record. The motion for summary jury trial may contain a stipulation of the parties concerning the use or effect of the summ…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1156 Trial; how conducted.
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Summary jury trials shall be conducted in the same manner as any other trial by jury under Chapter 25, article 11, with the following exceptions: (1) A six-person jury shall be selected from persons whose names appear on the jury list and who qualify as jurors. Examination of the…
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1157 Trial; use of verdict; records; not required.
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Summary jury trials shall not result in a final determination on the merits and shall not be appealable. Neither the fact of the holding of a summary jury trial nor the jurors' verdict nor the presentations by the parties shall be admissible as evidence in any subsequent trial of…
Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 68, § 43.
Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1209 Witnesses; answer subjecting to civil liability; not privileged.
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A witness is not excused from answering a question upon the mere ground that he would be thereby subject to a civil liability.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1210 Witnesses; answer subjecting to criminal liability; disgracing answer; privilege.
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When the matter sought to be elicited would tend to render the witness criminally liable or to expose him or her to public ignominy, the witness is not compelled to answer, except as provided in section 27-609.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1211 Witnesses; credibility; impeachment.
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Facts which have heretofore caused the exclusion of testimony, may still be shown for the purpose of lessening its credibility.
Repealed. Laws 1951, c. 62, § 5.
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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-1213 Notarial protest as evidence of dishonor; bill of exchange or promissory note.
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The usual protest by a notary public, without proof of his signature or notarial seal, is evidence of the dishonor and notice of a bill of exchange or promissory note.
Repealed. Laws 1975, LB 279, § 75.
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