Oklahoma Turnpike Authority v. Chandler

CORN, Vice Chief Justice.

This appeal, for the second time, presents for consideration plaintiffs’ claim for damages alleged to have resulted from defendants’ construction of the Turner Turnpike. The factual matters are delineated in Chandler v. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority, Okl., 271 P.2d 374. However, the following recitation will aid in consideration of the questions presented herein.

For many years plaintiffs owned and occupied a farm one mile east of Wellston, Oklahoma, their home and improvements being located on the southeast 40 acres. At all times prior to construction of the Turnpike a…