Oklahoma City v. Drinkwater

JOHNSON, Vice Chief Justice.

This action though commenced by Oklahoma City for other relief against the defendants Wade Drinkwater and Fay L. Drinkwater was converted into an action wherein defendants as owners of lots fronting and abutting on Classen Boulevard immediately adjacent to its intersection with Western Avenue in Oklahoma City sought to recover damages to their property resulting from an alleged change of grade under the provisions of Title 11 O.S.1951 § 82. The court sustained the defendants’ motion for new trial on the ground that the jury’s verdict “does not meet the affirmative,…