Winningham v. Rice

JOHNSON, Chief Justice.

Parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

This action was filed in the District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma, by Ambrose H. Rice, et al, for an injunction against Pierce Winningham, who operated an aitto salvage yard outside the city limits of Tulsa. The injunctive relief sought was to prevent defendant from extending his business operations into a certain unzoned area. Plaintiffs alleged that the manner in which defendant was operating his business constituted a nuisance caused by the defendant keeping old wrecked and unsightly automobiles and…