Pollard v. Oklahoma City Ry. Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County; Geo. W. Clark, Judge. Action by Bernie -Smith Pollard, by his next friend, A. J. Pollard, against the Oklahoma City Railway Company. Judgment for defendant, and plaintiff appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
ROBERTSON, C.
This is an action for damages on account of personal injuries resulting from an. explosion of powder. The facts, briefly stated, are as follows: In the early part of the year .1907, the defendant railway company was engaged in extending its lines north from Oklahoma City toward the town of Britton. At a point about one mile south of Britton, within a half mile of a schoolhouse and near Oklahoma City, it was necessary to excavate a cut about 1,500 feet long and from fifteen to twenty feet deep, at the center or deepest place. In making this excavation it was found…
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