Legal Opinion
Town of Quapaw v. Holden
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided January 15, 1924No. 13022PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtCochran, J.
Defendant in error brought this suit to recover damages against the town of Quapaw. Judgment was rendered for the defendant in error, from which the town of Quapaw has appealed.
The testimony of the plaintiff tended to show that she was going from her work to her home, and, in doing so, turned out of the main street and traveled diagonally across block 11, traveling along a path which was used across some vacant lots. The municipality had caused an excavation to be made in the alley which runs through block 11, for the purpose of making some repairs to the sewer system, and had left an open…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Bassett v. City of St. JosephSupreme Court of Missouri · 1873
- Hines v. DeanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- City of Hugo v. NanceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1913
- Craig v. City of SedaliaSupreme Court of Missouri · 1876
- The Town of Norman v. TeelSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1902
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Byford v. Town of AsherSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
- City of Ada v. BurrowSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Campbell v. BreeceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1928
- City of Sapulpa v. WilliamsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1926
- The Town of Antlers, Oklahoma, a Municipal Corporation v. Harold BensonCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1957
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