Cosden Pipe Line Co. v. Lewis

CORN, V. C. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tulsa county sustaining a motion for a new trial after the jury had returned a verdict for defendant, in an action brought by plaintiff, a minor, to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have resulted from defendant’s negligence in permitting its pipe lines to remain above the surface of the ground at a point where they crossed a roadway upon which plaintiff was traveling on his bicycle.

The matter was twice tried to a jury, the first trial resulting in a hung jury. The second trial resulted in a verdict for…