State Ex Rel. City of Ardmore v. Mock

HURST, V.C.J.

This case grows out of the same cause as State v. Winters, 195 Okla. 243, 156 P. 2d 798. C. F. Mock and wife owned tract No. 3, consisting of 232.56 acres, which was a part of a ranch of some 1,474 acres owned by them. The appraisers assessed their damages at $9,220. They filed a demand for a jury trial on the question of the amount of their damages. The case was tried before a jury on March 23, 1943, resulting in a verdict for $15,000, of which $11,000 was for the value of the land taken and $4,000 was for damage to the remainder of the ranch. From a judgment entered on the…