Legal Opinion
Shell Petroleum Corp. v. Kent
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided June 18, 1940No. 28977PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDavison, J.
The defendants in error, as plaintiffs, commenced this action on July 10, 1937, against the plaintiffs in error and others, as defendants, for the recovery of damages from alleged injuries to their farm by reason of said defendants’ pollution of Black Bear creek, which traverses same.
The parties will hereinafter be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.
The only actual damages that the plaintiffs alleged was the sum of $7,680, of which $7,500 was for the depreciation in the value of said farm as of January, 1935, by the subsequent diminution of its “pasture value” and the injury of…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- Commercial Drilling Co. v. KennedySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Oklahoma City v. PageSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1931
- Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Hamilton, Sheriff v. BrownSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912
- Pine v. DuncanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1937
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Kimberly v. DeWittCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1980
- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. HessSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Danciger Oil & Refining Co. v. DonaheySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1951
- Hart v. Starnes Lumber CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1955
- Shell Petroleum Corp. v. VossSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
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