Missouri, O. & G. Ry. Co. v. Gentry
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from District Court, Muskogee County; R. P. de Graffenried, Judge. Action by Rachael Jane Gentry and others against the Missouri, Oklahoma & Gulf Railway Company. Judgment for plaintiffs, and defendant brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
BREWER, C.
This action was commenced in the Western District of Indian Territory on the 17th day of May, 1906, to recover damages for the destruction of an orchard by fire, alleged to have been negligently set out by the plaintiff in error, defendant below. After the erection of the state, the cause was transferred by operation of law to the district court of Muskogee county, where a trial was had, resulting in a verdict against the railway company, from which an appeal was prosecuted to this court, resulting in a reversal of the case, in an opinion reported in 31 Okla. 579, 122 Pac.…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Grand Trunk Railroad v. RichardsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1876
- Lesser Cotton Co. v. St. Louis, I. M. & S. Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1902
- Eddy v. LafayetteSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. WatsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Gulf, C. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1893
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