Court Opinion

ID: 9698305
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-25 19:47:07.757596+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:20:40.010780
License: Public Domain

Newton J.,
dissenting..
I respectfully dissent from the majority opinion. We are here dealing with the identical statutes considered and construed in Mecke v. Bahr, 177 Neb. 584, 129 N. W. 2d 573. Since the decision was made in that case in 1964 the Legislature has not seen fit to amend these statutes. It must therefore be recognized that the Mecke v. Bahr, supra, construction of the statutes met with the approval, and complied with the intent, of the Legislature.
For this court to now completely reverse, under identical circumstances, a rule of construction which appears to have met with legislative approval over a span of 8 to 9 years is an obvious invasion of the legislative function. Any change should be brought about by legislative act.