Inter-Ocean Oil Co. v. Marshall

This is an action brought by Henry Marshal*! in the common pleas court of Tulsa county against the Inter-Ocean Oil Company, a corporation, and W. J. Collier, its superintendent, to recover damages because of the disconnection of gas from his home.

The trial was to a jury and resulted in judgment in favor of plaintiff for $545 actual damages and $300 exemplary damages. Upon motion for new trial, the court required a remittitur of the exemplary damages and approved the verdict for actual damages and rendered judgment in favor of plaintiff accordingly.

Defendants have appealed and, among other…