Opinion ID: 2100146
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Heading: standard of review

Text: In an appellate court's review of a ruling on a demurrer, the court is required to accept as true all the facts which are well pled and the proper and reasonable inferences of law and fact which may be drawn therefrom, but not the conclusions of the pleader. Kubik v. Kubik, ante p. 337, 683 N.W.2d 330 (2004); Rodehorst v. Gartner, 266 Neb. 842, 669 N.W.2d 679 (2003). In determining whether a cause of action has been stated, a petition is to be construed liberally; if, as so construed, the petition states a cause of action, the demurrer is to be overruled. Id. Whether a petition states a cause of action is a question of law, regarding which an appellate court has an obligation to reach a conclusion independent of that of the trial court. Id.