OKLAHOMA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY v. BURK

No. 41259.

415 P.2d 1001 (1966)

OKLAHOMA TURNPIKE AUTHORITY, Plaintiff in Error, v. John A. BURK and Dorothy Burk, husband and wife, Nellie Cunningham, a widow, Roxie McFarland and Annabelle McFarland, husband and wife, and R.D. McFarland, substituted as successor in interest of Charles G. McFarland, Deceased, Defendants in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

June 7, 1966.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Sam Wilhite, Anadarko, Pierce, Mock, Duncan, Couch & Hendrickson, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Sam M. Williams, Walt Allen, Chickasha, for defendants in error.


BERRY, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered upon a jury verdict in a condemnation action.

For many years defendants had owned a described quarter section of land southeast of the town of Cyril and near the Cement oil field. A live stream, (North Fork of the Little Washita) known locally as Chetony Creek, traversed the land from north to south. The farm contained 70-75 acres of crop land, about half...

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