CLEARY PETROLEUM, INC. v. COPENHAVER

No. 42372.

476 P.2d 327 (1970)

CLEARY PETROLEUM, INC., a corporation, Plaintiff in Error, v. Roy A. COPENHAVER, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

October 27, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhodes, Hieronymus, Holloway & Wilson by Page Dobson, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Chas. R. Gray, W.N. Palmer, Pawhuska, for defendant in error.


McINERNEY, Justice.

This appeal is from a jury verdict awarding damages to the Plaintiff-cattle rancher against the Defendant-oil company for injuries sustained by Plaintiff's cattle as a result of drinking water polluted ultimately by Defendant's waterflood project.

The Plaintiff and a neighbor both testified to having tasted the creek during the period involved, and to finding it "very" or "real" salty. No eyewitness...

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