Poston v. City of McAlester

HEFNER. J.

The plaintiff, Nellie Poston, sued the city of McAlester, defendant, for damages in the sum of $3,000 accruing to her because the defendant had constructed a dam across Bull creek. The plaintiff owned 330 acres of land in Pittsburg county, which consisted in the main of rocky pasture land not subject to cultivation; a small portion of the land, however, was tillable. The land lying along the creek was fertile and capable of producing crops. The other land was used for grazing purposes. She alleges that by reason of the defendant’s construction of the .dam across Bull creek, the…