Oklahoma City v. Tyetenicz

The defendant in error, as a riparian owner of land along the North Canadian river, sued the municipal corporation, plaintiff in error, on account of pollution of the stream resulting from an improper disposal of sewage. The odors arising from the waters flowing through plaintiff’s lands and the deposit of foreign substances along the banks of the river and the pollution of the waters about plaintiff’s farm constituted an abatable or temporary nuisance.

Plaintiff’s sole proof going to the measure or amount of damages suffered by him was the testimony of Berry Lane, who lived two miles farther…