City of Tulsa v. Williams
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Commissioners’ Opinion, Division No. 4 Error from District Court, Mayes County: A. C. Brewster, Judge. Proceeding brought by the city of Tulsa, a municipal corporation, in the district court of Mayes county, against certain landowners, for the purpose of condemnation of certain lands located in Mayes county for waterworks purposes to furnish water supply to the said city of Tulsa and the inhabitants thereof; and for the appointment of commissioners to view the property and…
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Commissioners’ Opinion, Division No. 4 Error from District Court, Mayes County: A. C. Brewster, Judge. Proceeding brought by the city of Tulsa, a municipal corporation, in the district court of Mayes county, against certain landowners, for the purpose of condemnation of certain lands located in Mayes county for waterworks purposes to furnish water supply to the said city of Tulsa and the inhabitants thereof; and for the appointment of commissioners to view the property and assess damages to the owners of the property sought to be taken. The proceeding seeks to condemn property for public use…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
SHACKELFORD, C.
For convenience in this opinion, the city of Tulsa, plaintiff in error, will be referred to as petitioner, and the landowners, defendants in error, will be referred to as respondents.
The petitioner began this proceeding in the district court of Mayes county by filing its jjetition therein on the 2nd of December, 1922. The petitioner seeks to condemn certain lands in Mayes county, not within petitioner’s corporate limits, for the purpose of creating a water reservoir to supply water to petitioner and the inhabitants thereof. In the petition the land sought to be…
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