LANSDEN v. BEAR, FALL & COON CREEK WATER & SOIL CONSERVANCY DIST. #4

No. 39499.

370 P.2d 540 (1962)

Merle LANSDEN, Administrator With the Will Annexed of the Estate of Annie E. Cowan, Deceased, Plaintiff in Error, v. BEAR, FALL AND COON CREEK WATER AND SOIL CONSERVANCY DISTRICT #4, a body corporate, with its principal place of business at Guthrie in Logan County, Oklahoma, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 27, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lansden & Drum, Beaver, for plaintiff in error.

P.D. Erwin, Chandler, for defendant in error.


HALLEY, Justice.

The Bear, Fall and Coon Creek Water and Soil Conservancy District, a body corporate (hereafter, condemnor), filed a petition in the District Court of Lincoln County on May 5, 1960, seeking to acquire by eminent domain 160 acres of land belonging to the Estate of Annie E. Cowan, deceased. A certified copy of condemnor's "resolution of necessity" dated April 15, 1960, was attached to the petition. The resolution...

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