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BUTTNER v. OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT

No. 39534.

227 N.W.2d 862 (1975)

193 Neb. 515

C. R. BUTTNER and Phyllis Buttner, d/b/a Action, Inc., Appellants, v. OMAHA PUBLIC POWER DISTRICT, a political subdivision, et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Nebraska.

April 17, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Lamson, Jr., Charles M. Caldwell of Kennedy, Holland, DeLacy & Svoboda, Omaha, for appellants.

Stephen G. Olson of Fraser, Stryker, Veach, Vaughn & Meusey, P. C., Omaha, for appellees.

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

NEWTON, Justice.

This is an action brought under the Nebraska Political Subdivisions Tort Claims Act to recover for fire damage to an apartment building. During a storm an electric conductor or line broke and was blown on to plaintiffs' apartment house. A fire ensued which plaintiffs attribute to the downed conductor. Plaintiffs allege negligence in that defendant failed to install a fuse on the tap leading from the main line to the apartment building and in incorrectly...

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