Oklahoma Turnpike Authority v. Siegfried Companies

WM. C. HETHERINGTON, JR., Chief Judge. \ }

[ 1 Appellant Oklahoma Turnpike Authority (OTA) filed this condemnation proceeding in 1999 in Tulsa County District Court against numerous defendants to acquire several tracts of land for constructing the Creek Turnpike in the same county. After the Commissioners' report was filed, OTA timely filed a demand for jury trial and paid the award amount that the court disbursed in July of 2000 to Appellee Siegfried Companies, Inc. (Siegfried). OTA now appeals the trial court's finding OTA "failed to prosecute its objection to the amount of the…