Nebraska Revised Statutes

Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-701 (2026)

Joinder of claims

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A party asserting a claim to relief as an original claim, counterclaim, cross-claim, or third-party claim may join, either as independent or as alternate claims, as many claims, legal or equitable, as the party has against an opposing party.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 21 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 1946–2022 · leading case: Webb v. Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Servs., 301 Neb. 810 (Neb. 2018).
Webb v. Nebraska Dept. of Health & Human Servs., 301 Neb. 810 (Neb. 2018). · cites it 2× “DHHS makes no argument that, for example, the APA claim and the § 1983 claim were improperly joined under Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-701 (Reissue 2016) or that the district court should have bifurcated the matters.”
Archer v. Musick, 25 N.W.2d 908 (Neb. 1947). · cites it 8× “Plaintiff claims the right to unite all of the causes’, of action in one action by virtue of section 25-701, which, provides: “The plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the same petition, whether they be such as have heretofore been denominated legal or equitable, or…”
Gould v. Orr, 506 N.W.2d 349 (Neb. 1993). · cites it 4× “Neb.Rev.Stat. § 25-701 (Reissue 1989) provides that a plaintiff may "unite several causes of action in the same petition" if, so far as is relevant to the present case, the causes involve the "same transaction or transactions connected with the same subject of action.”
Havelock Bank of Lincoln v. W. Sur. Co., 352 N.W.2d 855 (Neb. 1984). · cites it 4× “Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-701 to 25-704 (Reissue 1979) set out the relevant provisions applicable to a consolidation of several causes of action.”
Wicker v. Waldemath, 471 N.W.2d 731 (Neb. 1991). · cites it 2× “See, also, Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-701 (6) (Reissue 1989).”
Ravenna Bank v. Custom Unlimited, 391 N.W.2d 557 (Neb. 1986). · cites it 3× “Neb. Rev. Stat. § 25-701 (Reissue 1985) provides in pertinent part as follows: “The plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the petition, whether they be such as have heretofore been denominated legal or equitable, or both, when they are included in any of the following…”
Mann v. Mann, 978 N.W.2d 606 (Neb. 2022). “[15] We now expressly hold what our prior cases have implied: Section 25-1315(1) can be implicated in civil actions, in special proceedings, and in civil actions joined with special proceedings.”
Vantage Enter., Inc. v. Caldwell, 244 N.W.2d 678 (Neb. 1976). · cites it 2× “Section 25-701, R. R. S. 1943, specifically provides: “The plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the same petition, whether they be such as have heretofore been denominated legal or equitable, or both, when they are included in any of the following classes: (1) The…”
Gillespie v. Hynes, 95 N.W.2d 457 (Neb. 1959). · cites it 4× “" The same provision exists now in section 25-701, R.R.S.1943. There is no claim here of misjoinder of causes of action.”
Dinkel v. Hagedorn, 56 N.W.2d 464 (Neb. 1953). · cites it 2× “The lease included all buildings and improvements located on the premises but did not, by its terms, require the lessee to occupy them.”
Suhr v. City of Scribner, 295 N.W.2d 302 (Neb. 1980). · cites it 2× “Although a “plaintiff may unite several causes of action in the same petition,” Neb. Rev. Stat. §25-701 (Reissue 1979), and the “defendant may.”
Eich v. State Farm Mut. Auto. Ins., 305 N.W.2d 621 (Neb. 1981). · cites it 6× “Neb.Rev.Stat. §§ 25-701 and 25-702 (Reissue 1979) lay down the rules as to joinder of causes.”
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Havelock Bank of Lincoln v. W. Sur. Co., 352 N.W.2d 855 (Neb. 1984). “Neb. Rev. Stat. §§ 25-701 to 25-704 (Reissue 1979) set out the relevant provisions applicable to a consolidation of several causes of action.”
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