St. Louis & S. F. R. Co. v. Ledbetter
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Carter County; W. F. Freeman, Judge. Action by Guy T. Ledbetter and Lola Led-better against the St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Company and the Oklahoma, New Mexico & Pacific Railway Company for damages to premises. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendants bring error.
1Opinion of the CourtHarrison, C. J.
This was an action for damages to plaintiffs’ property resulting from the noises, smloke and soot, etc., caused by the operation of a roundhouse and switch yards adjacent to plaintiffs’ property.
Plaintiffs sued for $3,000, and were given a verdict for $1,500. The railroad company, defendant below, appealed upon an assignment of numerous errors, which, though grouped into four propositions, are considered and argued all together. However, they involve three distinct questions necessary to be answered:
1st. Whether the verdict was contrary to law and the evidence
2nd. Whether the court erred in…
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