Legal Opinion
Owens v. Turman Oil Co.
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided April 26, 1938No. 28039PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAYLESS, Y. C. J.
Fred Owens sued Turman Oil Company, a corporation, in the district conrt of Seminole county. Okla., and appeals to this court from a judgment of that court based on a verdict of the jury adverse to him.
His causes of action are based upon the death of certain cattle, and depreciation in value of others, as a result of the drinking of water from a stream polluted by oil and salt water from a lease of the company. In addition to general denial, the company pleaded contributory negligence in that plaintiff, knowing that the water was polluted, and therefore unfit for use for said…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Wichita Falls & N. W. R. Co. v. WoodmanSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1917
- Folsom Morris Coal Mining Co. v. ScottSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1924
- Shell Petroleum Corporation v. PerrinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
- Livingston v. Chicago, R. I. & P. Ry. Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1914
- Winn v. CoreySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1936
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Dowell, Inc. v. LaytonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1953
- Thompson v. NorwoodSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1941
- Western States Grocery Co. v. MirtSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
- Buck v. MillerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1947
- Duncan v. Vance Drilling Co.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1942
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