City of Seminole v. Fields

On October 7, 1931, C. R. Fields and Myrtle Fields, as plaintiffs, commenced an action in the superior court of Seminole county, Okla., to recover damages alleged to have been suffered by them as owners of certain described real estate located in the city of Seminole, Okla. They asserted, in substance, that on or about the 15th day of May, 1930, the city of Seminole, acting through its officers and agents, had constructed a dam near their property, thus impounding a large body of water which overflowed and stood upon their premises. They treated the injury as a total and permanent…