Any person who corruptly practices, or attempts to practice, any fraud against the state in the proof, statement, establishment, or allowance of any claim or cause of action or any part thereof, in the matter out of which the same arose, shall ipso facto forfeit the same to the state; and it shall be the duty of the court in such case to find specifically that fraud was practiced, or attempted to be practiced, and to render judgment of forfeiture, and that the claimant be forever barred from prosecuting the same against the state, and for costs.

Source

  • Laws 1877, § 9, p. 21;
  • R.S.1913, § 1185;
  • C.S.1922, § 1108;
  • C.S.1929, § 27-327;
  • R.S.1943, § 24-327;
  • R.S.1943, (1985), § 24-327.

Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 25-21,209

  • Action: shall include any proceeding in any court of this state. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: shall include bodies politic and corporate, societies, communities, the public generally, individuals, partnerships, limited liability companies, joint-stock companies, and associations. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801
  • State: when applied to different states of the United States shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories organized by Congress. See Nebraska Statutes 49-801