The plaintiff in error shall file with his or her petition a transcript of the proceedings or a praecipe directing the tribunal, board, or officer to prepare the transcript of the proceedings. The transcript shall contain the final judgment or order sought to be reversed, vacated, or modified. No written or printed abstract or any copy of an abstract of the records shall be required in any case in the Supreme Court of this state.
§ 25-1905.Proceedings in error; transcript; abstracts of record not required in Supreme Court.
Article 19: Appeals and Proceedings in Error · Last amended 1991 · Last verified July 22, 2026
In one sentenceThis section requires the plaintiff in error to file a transcript of the proceedings below, or a praecipe directing the tribunal to prepare one, containing the final judgment or order under challenge, and it eliminates any need for written or printed abstracts in the Supreme Court.
Full Text of § 25-1905
Source
R.S.1867, Code § 586, p. 497; Laws 1885, c. 95, § 2, p. 376; Laws 1887, c. 96, § 1, p. 651; R.S.1913, § 8179; C.S.1922, § 9131; C.S.1929, § 20-1905; R.S.1943, § 25-1905; Laws 1991, LB 561, § 1.
Plain-English Summary
Filing a petition in error is only part of the job — the reviewing court also needs a record of what happened below. Section 25-1905 requires the plaintiff in error to file, along with the petition, either a transcript of the proceedings or a praecipe directing the tribunal, board, or officer to prepare that transcript. Either way, the transcript has to contain the final judgment or order the plaintiff in error is asking to have reversed, vacated, or modified.
The section also removes an older layer of paperwork: no written or printed abstract, or any copy of an abstract of the records, is required in any Supreme Court case. That simplifies what a party filing in error has to prepare and submit, focusing the requirement on the transcript itself rather than a separate summarized version of the record.
Frequently Asked Questions
What has to be filed along with the petition in error?
A transcript of the proceedings below, or a praecipe directing the tribunal, board, or officer to prepare that transcript.
What must the transcript contain?
The final judgment or order that the plaintiff in error seeks to have reversed, vacated, or modified.
Can I ask the tribunal to prepare the transcript instead of doing it myself?
Yes. Filing a praecipe directing the tribunal to prepare the transcript satisfies this requirement.
Do I need to prepare a separate abstract for the Supreme Court?
No. Section 25-1905 states that no written or printed abstract, or copy of an abstract of the records, is required in any Supreme Court case.
Why does this section matter for the cost of pursuing error proceedings?
By requiring only the transcript and eliminating the abstract requirement, it narrows what a party filing in error has to prepare to get the case before the reviewing court.
Source & verification. Section text and the amendment-history citation are
reproduced verbatim from the Nebraska Legislature, Revisor of Statutes, enacted by the
Nebraska Legislature. Last verified July 22, 2026. ·
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