Case Name: Arthur W. Campbell et al., appellants, v. The City of Ogallala, Nebraska, et al., appellees
Court: Nebraska Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Nebraska
Decision Date: 1965-04-16
Citations: 178 Neb. 663
Docket Number: No. 35885
Parties: Arthur W. Campbell et al., appellants, v. The City of Ogallala, Nebraska, et al., appellees.
Judges: Heard before White, C. J., Carter, Spencer, Boslaugh, Brower, Smith, and McCo-wn, JJ.
Reporter: Nebraska Reports
Volume: 178
Pages: 663–664

Head Matter:
Arthur W. Campbell et al., appellants, v. The City of Ogallala, Nebraska, et al., appellees.
134 N. W. 2d 597
Filed April 16, 1965.
No. 35885.
J. Cedric Conover and W. C. Conover, for appellants.
Firmin Q. Feltz, for appellees.
Heard before White, C. J., Carter, Spencer, Boslaugh, Brower, Smith, and McCo-wn, JJ.

Opinion:
Smith, J.
A summons failed to notify defendants that the petition which had been filed against them was a petition in error. The phrase "in error" was also omitted from the praecipe. The district court sustained a special appearance and dismissed the proceeding in error.
The phrase is said to be a jurisdictional feature of the statutes. " The summons shall notify the adverse party that a petition in error has been filed ." § 25-1903, R. R. S. 1943. "The summons shall, upon written praecipe , be issued ." § 25-1904, R.'R. S. 1943.
The omission was a noncompliance with a directory provision; i. e., the jurisdictional requirements do not include this phrase. See, From v. Sutton, 156 Neb. 411, 56 N. W. 2d 441; cf. Keil v. Farmers Irr. Dist., 119 Neb. 503, 229 N. W. 898. The defect was formal.
The judgment should be and is reversed, and the cause is remanded.
Reversed and remanded.