City of Altus v. Fletcher

The city of Altus, defendant below, appeals from a judgment of the district court of Greer county rendered on a verdict of a jury in favor of W. E. Fletcher et al., plaintiffs below. The parties will hereinafter be referred to by their trial court designation.

The plaintiffs’ evidence discloses that in 1927 the city of Altus completed the construction of a dam across the north fork of Red river creating a lake for the city’s water supply; that at said time the plaintiffs, together with Mary Fletcher, were the owners of the 160 acres of land located north of the lake along said river, a part of…