City of Skiatook v. Carroll

This is an appeal from a judgment of the district court of Tulsa county by the defendant in an action in which the plaintiff recovered a money judgment for damage to real estate, which was caused by the diversion of water from its natural flow, causing it to flow upon the land of the plaintiff in an unnatural manner, to the damage of the plaintiff.

Prior to the construction of the pavement by the city, such water flowed over a natural course into a ravine. By the construction of the pavement, it was diveri ed from that course and was caused to flow in a different volume and over a different…