Legal Opinion
Duesterhaus v. City of Edmond
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided September 22, 1981No. 55184PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
The dispositive issue on appeal is whether landowners who suffer loss to realty when electrical transmission lines are installed on their property by the City must give written notice of the loss within 120 days under 51 O.S.Supp.1978 § 156(B), the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act; 1 or if actual notice to the municipal counselor constitutes substantial compliance with the Act.
Dennis and Marilyn Duesterhaus, appellants, [landowners] contend that employees of the City of Edmond, appellee, wrongfully entered upon their property and destroyed a number of trees. The City’s…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Reirdon v. Wilburton Board of EducationSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Gulf Oil Corporation v. GarrisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
- City of Oklahoma City v. MooreSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1971
- Julien v. GardnerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
- Jewell v. JonesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- National Union Fire Insurance Co. v. A.A.R. Western Skyways, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1989
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