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Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-337 (2026)

Illegal contracts; liability of county officers

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Any public official or officials who shall audit, allow or pay out, or cause to be paid out, any funds of any county for any article, public improvement, material, service or labor, contrary to the provisions of section 23-336, shall be liable for the full amount so expended, and the same may be recovered from any such official or the surety upon his official bond by any such county, or any taxpayer thereof.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 4 cases, 1957–1985 · leading case: Anderson v. Peterson, 375 N.W.2d 901 (Neb. 1985).
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Anderson v. Peterson, 375 N.W.2d 901 (Neb. 1985). · cites it 2× “are hereby declared unlawful and shall be wholly void as an obligation against any such county,” and Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-337 (Reissue 1983): “Any public official.”
CAPITAL BRIDGE Co. v. Cnty. of Saunders, 83 N.W.2d 18 (Neb. 1957). · cites it 3× “" Section 23-337, R.R.S.1943. "No judgment shall hereafter be rendered by any court against any such county in any action brought to recover for any article, public improvement, material, service or labor contracted for or ordered in contravention of any statutory limitation, or…”
State ex rel. Schuler v. Bd. of Cnty. Commissioners, 289 N.W.2d 514 (Neb. 1980). · cites it 4× “The plaintiff’s position is that under section 23-337, R. R. S. 1943, a taxpayer is authorized to recover from the individual defendants for the benefit of the county any funds of the county paid out illegally, and that there are material facts in issue which are disputed or…”
State Ex Rel. Schuler v. Bd., Cty. Com'rs, Loup Cty., 289 N.W.2d 514 (Neb. 1980). · cites it 4× “The plaintiff's position is that under section 23-337, R.R.S.1943, a taxpayer is authorized to recover from the individual defendants for the benefit of the county any funds of the county paid out illegally, and that there are material facts in issue which are disputed or denied.”
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