Stiers v. Mayhall

This is an action for damages for loss of use of plaintiffs’ lands occasioned by the manner of construction of a temporary bridge across the North Canadian river near Canton, Oklahoma.

There was a verdict and judgment for plaintiffs in the trial court, from which judgment defendants appealed.

The parties will be referred to as they appeared in the trial court.

Plaintiffs filed their petition in the district court of Blaine county against defendants, seeking damages for loss of use of their lands for the year 1947, occasioned and proximately caused by defendants’ alleged negligence in the manner…