Legal Opinion

Blackwell, Enid & Southwestern Railway Co. v. Gist

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided June 13, 1907PublishedCited by 9 opinions

Error from the District Court of Garfield County; before• James K. Beauchamp, Trial Judge.

1Opinion of the Court

Opinion of the court by

Burford, C. J.:

The defendant in error brought her action in the district court of Garfield county against the plaintiff in error to recover damages for depreciation in value of her property by reason of the vacation and appropriation of the street in front of her lots for railway purposes. The plaintiff below, M. L. Gist, was the owner of lots 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 in block 3, in that part of the city of Enid platted originally as Jonesville. The lots fronted north on North Park avenue, a street eighty feet wide, and were bounded on the south and west by a 25 foot alley,…

2Cases cited21 opinions

  1. Barney v. KeokukSupreme Court of the United States · 1877
  2. Rigney v. City of ChicagoIllinois Supreme Court · 1881
  3. Bohm v. Metropolitan Elevated Railway Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1892
  4. City of Chicago v. Union Building Ass'nIllinois Supreme Court · 1882
  5. In re Melon StreetSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1897

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3Cited by9 opinions

  1. McKay v. City of EnidSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1910
  2. Mitchener v. City Com'rs, City of OkmulgeeSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
  3. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. City of ShawneeCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1910
  4. Bullen v Arkansas Valley & W. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1908
  5. Arkansas Valley & W. Ry. Co. v. BullenSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1911

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