Court Opinion

ID: 9516642
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-06 23:47:54.229148+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:37:46.873430
License: Public Domain

White, J.,
dissénting.
To acquire the necessary land and right-of-way for their improvements, Sarpy County paid appellants $126,151.50. The appraisers had awarded $108,750. It is obvious that appellants received an increase in the appraisers’ award of more than 15 percent, thereby triggering the attorney fee provision of Neb. Rev. Stat. § 76-720 (Reissue 1981). To interpret the words “final judgment” to exclude amounts secured by partial voluntary settlements after the appraisers’ award is unrealistic and unwarranted.
Krivosha, C.J., and Caporale, J., join in this dissent.