City of Ada v. Etheridge

HALLEY, Chief Justice.

The parties herein will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court. Plaintiffs,, the owners of residence property in Ada,. Oklahoma, sued the defendant, City of Ada, for damages contending that defendant created a nuisance by the faulty construction and maintenance of its sewer system, causing injury to their property.

The jury returned a verdict in favor of the defendant. The trial court granted the plaintiffs a new trial. The sole question presented in this appeal is the correctness of the ruling of the trial court in directing a new trial.

At the trial defendant…