Court Opinion

ID: 9517367
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-07 00:14:57.870665+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:43:59.739172
License: Public Domain

Newton, J.,
concurring.
I agree with the opinion of Spencer, J., but wish to make clear the essential characteristic of OEA Manor. This is not a philanthropic or charitable promotion. It is, in essence, an attempt by a group of private citizens, namely teachers, to provide a retirement home for themselves in their later years. True they do admit others, but only when the Manor is not fully occupied by the teachers who promoted it, and then for the obvious purpose of securing the maximum income. In what respect does it differ from a cooperative apartment project? If the active teachers in Omaha were to enter into such a venture to provide housing for themselves, could it be seriously contended that because it was a nonprofit venture it was therefore charitable in nature? I think not.