Nebraska Statutes 31-114. Drainage improvements; objections to apportionment, compensation, damages; when made; exceptions; hearing; costs
A person or corporation party to the proceedings may file exceptions to the apportionment, or to any claim for compensation or damages at any time before the time set for the final hearing of the report and apportionment. The county board may hear testimony and examine witnesses upon all questions made by the exceptions, and for that purpose may compel the attendance of witnesses by subpoena, which the county clerk shall issue on demand. The decisions of the board on the exceptions shall be entered on its journal, and if it sustains the exceptions, the cost of the hearing thereon shall be paid out of the county treasury, and if it overrules the same, such cost shall be paid by the person or corporation filing the same.
Source
- Laws 1881, c. 51, § 14, p. 241;
- Laws 1911, c. 140, § 14, p. 457;
- R.S.1913, § 1731;
- C.S.1922, § 1678;
- C.S.1929, § 31-114;
- R.S.1943, § 31-114.
Terms Used In Nebraska Statutes 31-114
- Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- 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
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.