City of Muskogee v. Hancock
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; R. C. Allen, Judge. Action by Virginia Hancock against the City of Muskogee and another. From a judgment for plaintiff, the City brings error.
1Opinion of the CourtSharp, J.
Plaintiff’s action is for damages to her four-story brick building, situated near and abutting upon Times alley in the city of Muskogee, which damages, it was claimed, were caused by the said city and F. P. McCormick, while engaged in digging or excavating a ditch for sewer in said -alley near plaintiff’s building. It was charged that, while engaged in said work, said defendants used large quantities of powder or dynamite, well known to them to be intrinsically dangerous; and that the violent concussions resulting from the explosions of said powder or dynamite violently jarred and shook the…
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