Great Lakes Pipe Line Co. v. Smith

ARNOLD, Justice.

Plaintiff Wayland Smith brought suit in the District Court of Osage County against Great Lakes Pipe Line Company for damages for the death of six cows allegedly caused by the negligence of defendant in leaving a can of red lead oxide paint in plaintiff’s pasture, the contents of which spilled upon the ground and were eaten by plaintiff’s cattle, killing them.

Pertinent to the issues here involved and in accord with the allegations of his petition plaintiff’s evidence reasonably tends to show that plaintiff since 1937 had operated near Barnsdall in Osage County a ranch known as…