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LANDMESSER v. COUNTY OF CHEYENNE

No. 36596.

154 N.W.2d 760 (1967)

182 Neb. 345

Leslie C. LANDMESSER, Jr., Appellant, v. The COUNTY OF CHEYENNE, Nebraska et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

December 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Barney, Carter & Buchholz, Herbert M. Brugh, Lincoln, for appellant.

Clinton & McNish, John Peetz, Jr., Sidney, for appellees.

Heard before WHITE, C. J., and SPENCER, BOSLAUGH, SMITH, McCOWN, and NEWTON, JJ.

SMITH, Justice.

Plaintiff unwittingly detonated a tear gas projectile that had been fired during a police operation 3 days earlier, and the explosion injured him. In this action the city of Sidney and the county of Cheyenne, Nebraska, are defendants allegedly responsible for the behavior of the individual defendants. At the trial negligence, contributory negligence, and governmental immunity from liability were controverted. The court dismissed the action against...

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