Legal Opinion
City of Henryetta v. Runyan
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 21, 1952No. 35365PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALLEY, V.C.J.
W. H. Runyan sued the city of Henryetta, a municipal corporation, for $1,777, as damages alleged to have accrued through the negligent construction and operation of a dam, spillway, settling basin, and other facilities on Wolf creek, near the city of Henryetta, and below which plaintiff owned 360 acres of land which he used for farming and stock raising.
We shall refer to the installations of the defendant as the “waterworks” and to the parties as they appeared in the trial court.
The case was tried to a jury, which found for the plaintiff in the sum of $684.58, and defendant has…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Prest-O-Lite Co., Inc. v. HowerySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1934
- Fletcher v. City of AltusSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
- City of Henryetta v. RunyanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
- Shell Oil Co. v. BlubaughSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
3Cited by7 opinions
- Runyan v. City of HenryettaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Allied Hotels, Ltd. v. BardenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1964
- Lukenbill v. Longfellow CorporationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1958
- Dobbs v. Missouri Pacific RailroadDistrict Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1975
- Runyan v. City of HenryettaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1959
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