Legal Opinion · Dissent

Oklahoma Natural Gas Co. v. Walker

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided September 29, 1953No. 35237Published

1DissentHalley, Chief Justice

The majority opinion is incorrect because in. my judgment the trial court and the majority in this Court have lost sight of the decisive question in this case. It is. simply *334“What was the negligence of the defendant?” I say unqualifiedly that there was no negligence on the part of the Oklahoma Natural in this case and will endeavor to point out why. I think that this Court and the trial court were both misled by such statements that the defendant was flagrantly negligent but it was never pointed out how it was negligent.

The undisputed facts in this case show that the defendant desired to…

2Cases cited15 opinions

  1. Oklahoma City v. CapleSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  2. Atchison, T. & S. F. R. Co. v. KennardSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1946
  3. City of Edmond v. WashamSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1940
  4. Village of Montgomery v. RobertsonIllinois Supreme Court · 1907
  5. Atchison, T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. WyerCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1925

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