Legal Opinion
Mid-Continent Pipe Line Company v. Eberwein
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided October 7, 1958No. 37804PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JOHNSON, Justice.
This is an appeal from an action wherein Barbara Geneva Eberwein and Anna May Paden sued the Mid-Continent Pipe Line Company to recover damages in the sum of $18,000 for alleged permanent damages to their lands by reason of the destruction of plaintiffs' water supply caused by crude oil that escaped from the defendant's pipe line which extended across the plaintiffs' land. A jury trial approximately two years after the alleged pollution resulted in a verdict for plaintiffs against the defendant in the sum of $8,500. The trial court approved the verdict, rendered judgment…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Sinclair Oil & Gas Co. v. AllenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1930
- Darby Petroleum Corp. v. MasonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Gulf Pipe Line Co. v. AlredSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- Twin State Oil Co. v. LongSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
- Denver Producing & Refining Co. v. BunchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1935
3Cited by4 opinions
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- Kerr-McGee Corporation v. PetchinskySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1968
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