Court Opinion

ID: 9688020
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 16:57:26.004753+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:34.141522
License: Public Domain

Smith, J.,
concurring.
The .requirement that the condemnee in an eminent domain proceeding must plead damage from improper construction of a highway or other improvement is a product of several rules. A final condemnation award is not conclusive in a subsequent action for remainder *166damage that was caused by improper construction or operation and that was not actually litigated in the first proceeding. Recovery in a subsequent suit is permitted because such new element was not contemplated or determined at the time of the taking or damaging. Hansen v. County of Cass, 185 Neb. 565, 177 N. W. 2d 568 (1970). I classify improper design with improper construction and operation.