Kansas, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. Pruitt

The law announced in the syllabus is contrary to our holding in Frederick Cotton Oil & Mfg. Co. v. Clay, 50 Okla. 123, 150 P. 451; Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co. v. Brooks, 57 Okla. 163, 156 P. 362; Sanders v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co., 66 Okla. 313, 169 P. 891; Whitehead Coal & Mining Co. v. Winton, 107 Okla. 99, 230 P. 509; White v. McGee, 157 Okla. 204, 11 P. 2d 924; Oklahoma City v. Richardson, 180 Okla. 314, 69 P. 2d 334; Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co. v. Spiva, 183 Okla. 253, 80 P. 2d 941.

The statute under which this action was brought was taken by us verbatim from the State of Kansas. The…