Legal Opinion
Keck v. Bruster
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 13, 1962No. 39726PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HALLEY, Justice.
During the period from October, 1958, to February, 1959, defendant (Clarence Keck, d/b/a Keck Construction Company) assisted in the building of a new highway near Madill, Oklahoma, in Marshall County. In, order to prepare the roadbed it was necessary to use explosives to break or crack some of the rock that was too hard to rip. The explosives caused underground vibrations or shock waves in the surrounding area.
Plaintiffs (Mr. & Mrs. Dorris Bruster) had built in 1956 a brick veneer home on their property near Madill at a cost of $12,000.00. The new highway passed near their…
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