Pressley v. Incorporated Town of Sallisaw
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Error from, District Court, Sequoyah County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Ora Pressley and another, infants, by Emmett N. Ellis, as guardian, against the Incorporated Town of Sallisaw; a municipal corporation, and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error.
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Error from, District Court, Sequoyah County; John H. Pitchford, Judge. Action by Ora Pressley and another, infants, by Emmett N. Ellis, as guardian, against the Incorporated Town of Sallisaw; a municipal corporation, and another. Judgment for defendants, and plaintiffs bring error. This action was brought by Ora and Una Pressley, minors, by.their guardian, Emmett N. Ellis, against the incorporated town of Sallisaw, a municipal corporation, and the Oklahoma Engineering Company, a corporation, to recover damages under sections 5281 and 5282, Rev. Laws 1910, for the death of Kin Pressley, father…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
COLLIER, C.
(after stating the facts as above). The request of defendants, in their brief, that the judgment against defendant Oklahoma Engineering Company in the sum of $1,350 be affirmed, is an admission that the death of Kin Pressley was due to the negligence of said company, for which said company was liable. This admission leaves the following questions for our consideration: (1) Was the Oklahoma Engineering Company an independent contractor? (2) Did the court commit prejudicial error in the statement made in the presence of the jury in regard to the nonliability of the town of…
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