Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Co. v. Carter

OSBORN, V. C. J.

This action was filed in the district court of Osage county by C. A. Carter, hereinafter referred to as plaintiff, against the Indian Territory Illuminating Oil Company, hereinafter referred to as defendant, as an action to recover damages to cattle and pasture land on account of the pollution of a stream. The cause was tried to the jury and a verdict was rendered in favor of plaintiff for $1,500. From a judgment thereon defendant has appealed.

Plaintiff alleges that he was engaged in the cattle business in Osage county and was in possession of 480 acres of pasture land located…