Legal Opinion
State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Rumsey
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided November 6, 1951No. 34513PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtGibson, J.
This is an action for damages. The parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court.
In its amended petition plaintiff charges that a truck, owned by defendant Rumsey Brothers Pipe Line Company, a copartnership, and driven by its employee, Albert Bartell, and engaged in hauling certain equipment leased to Smith Contracting Corporation, was carelessly and negligently driven in such a manner that it collided with the supporting truss of a bridge on a state highway causing the collapse of a span 100 feet in length, all to plaintiff’s damage.
The defendants Rumsey Brothers Pipe Line…
2Cases cited14 opinions
- All American Bus Lines v. SaxonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
- National Tank Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- State Highway Commission v. American Mutual Liability InsuranceSupreme Court of Kansas · 1937
- Equels, Adm'x v. Tulsa City Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1944
- State Highway Commission v. StadlerSupreme Court of Kansas · 1944
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3Cited by4 opinions
- State Ex Rel. McKinney v. RichardsonIdaho Supreme Court · 1954
- Kinkead v. Western Atlas International, Inc.Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 1993
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Ray I. Jones Service Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970
- State Ex Rel. Department of Highways v. Ray I. Jones Service Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1970