Oklahoma City v. Tarkington

The plaintiff, Edith Tarkington, brought this suit to recover from the city of Oklahoma City, the defendant, damages for the death of plaintiff’s husband.

The plaintiff charged in her amended petition that the city constructed and maintained a dam across the North Canadian river to empound waters; that the plaintiff and her husband resided near the river below said dam; that on account of heavy rainfall the channel of the river was .filled to capacity by the storm waters, and during the time that the river was running to full capacity, the defendant opened flood gates releasing large…