Legal Opinion
Springfield v. City of Perry
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 7, 1961No. 38692PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
The question presented for our decision is whether the defendant in error, City of Perry, acquired the fee simple title to the land involved in this action, by virtue of a certain condemnation proceeding in 1936, or a lesser interest which did not include the mineral estate.
The city’s interest in the land was acquired in 1936 for a water reservoir site to be used in connection with its municipal waterworks system. Although the condemnation proceedings do not specify the statute under which they were brought, we think it is clear that they were founded on 11 O.S.1951 § 293. We…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Rank v. (Krug) United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1956
- Harn v. State Ex Rel. WilliamsonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1939
- Peerson v. MitchellSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1950
- Fischer v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
- Jones v. Oklahoma CitySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Elliott v. City of GuthrieSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1986
- City of Pryor Creek v. Public Service Co. of OklahomaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1975
- Oklahoma City v. CooperSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- Wheeler v. Brockmeier CompanySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- Housing Authority of the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. LangleySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
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