Pahlka v. Chicago, R. I. & P. R. Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Oklahoma County ; Geo. W. Clark, Judge. Action by Charles W Pahlka against the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
JOHNSON, C.
Upon August 31, 1914, in the district court of Oklahoma county, Charles W. Pahlka, plaintiff in error, sued defendant in error, the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company, a corporation, for $4,685, damages to property caused by flood waters of the South Canadian river, and alleged to have resulted from the negligent construction and maintenance of a certain bridge and embankments of defendant.
The physical situation involved is as follows, to wit: The farm of plaintiff lay between the prongs of a horseshoe bend in the South Canadian river, the bend or hump of the…
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