City of Mangum v. Todd
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Greer County; G. A. Brown, Judge. Action by Jarrct Todcl against the City of Mangum. a municipal corporation. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
The controlling and all-important question in this case is; Can the owner of a lot abutting on a public street of a city of the first class recover damages purely consequential in nature, arising because of the establishment of a permanent grade, in the first instance, by the proper municipal authorities, where the establishment of the grade and the resulting improvements have been properly made without negligence ?
The First Legislature assembled after statehood passed an .act which was approved April 17, 1908 (section 722, Comp. Laws 1909; sections 608, 609, Rev. Laws…
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