Oklahoma Turnpike Authority v. Burk

BERRY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict in a condemnation action.

For many years defendants had owned a described quarter section of land southeast of the town of Cyril and near the Cement oil field. A live stream, (North Fork of the Little Washita) known locally as Chetony Creek, traversed the land from north to south. The farm contained 70-75 acres of crop land, about half of which was bottom land and quite productive. The bridge spanning Chetony Creek as it crossed the east-west section line on the north of defendants’ farm had been washed out for many…