Cherokee Pipe Line Company v. Jury

HALLEY, Vice Chief Justice.

This is a proceeding commenced by plaintiff, Cherokee Pipe Line Company to condemn an easement for a pipeline across defendants’ land. The parties will be referred to as they appeared below. Both sides objected to the award made by the commissioners and demanded a jury trial. At the conclusion of the trial the jury returned its verdict in favor of defendants, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Jury, for $5,000 damages. Plaintiff appeals.

Defendants own an 80 acre tract of farm land located within the town limits of the Town of Moore in Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The pipeline…