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.
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 23-337
Illegal contracts; liability of county officers
Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Anderson v. Peterson (1985)
Most recently applied in Anderson v. Peterson (November 1985)
Laws 1905, c. 55, § 2, p. 301; R.S.1913, § 1105; C.S.1922, § 1039; C.S.1929, § 26-733; R.S.1943, § 23-337.
Official source: Nebraska Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain Nebraska statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.