Patterson v. Roxana Petroleum Co.

Opinion by

THOMPSON, C.

This action was commenced in the district court of Payne county by Z. G. Patterson, plaintiff in error, plaintiff below, against the Roxana Petroleum Company of Oklahoma,, a corporation, defendant in error, defendant below, for damages to the private property of plaintiff in error, caused by the erection and operation of a refinery near the property of plaintiff in error.

The parties will be referred to as plaintiff and defendant as they appeared in the lower court.

The petition, in substance, alleges that the plaintiff was the owner of a tract of land known as the Crystal…