Every duly organized school district shall be a body corporate and possess all the usual powers of a corporation for public purposes, may sue and be sued, and may purchase, hold, and sell such personal and real estate as the law allows. The county in which the principal office of the school district is located together with the school district number assigned pursuant to section 79-307 shall constitute the corporate name of the school district, such as ........ County School District ....... .
Neb. Rev. Stat. § 79-405
District; body corporate; powers; name
Applied in 4 court decisions — leading case Robertson v. SCHOOL DISTRICT NO. 17 (1997)
Most recently applied in J.P. v. Millard Public Schools (May 2013)
Laws 1881, c. 78, subdivision I, § 2, p. 331; R.S.1913, § 6701; C.S.1922, § 6239; C.S.1929, § 79-102; R.S.1943, § 79-102; Laws 1949, c. 256, § 40, p. 706; Laws 1961, c. 396, § 2…
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