Buell v. Livingston Oil Corp.

1923 OK 866, 219 P. 943, 93 Okla. 127, 1923 Okla. LEXIS 348
CourtSupreme Court of Oklahoma
DecidedOctober 30, 1923
Docket12501
StatusPublished

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Buell v. Livingston Oil Corp., 1923 OK 866, 219 P. 943, 93 Okla. 127, 1923 Okla. LEXIS 348 (Okla. 1923).

Opinion

Opinion by

STEPHENSON, C.

■ The plaintiff commenced its action against the defendants for conversion of two oil rigs of *128 the j on sonable valuation of $2,000. In the trial of the causo the jury returned its verdict for plaintiff in the sum of $1,200. The defendants have brought error to this court and seek a reversal of the cause, urging (a) that the court committed error in its instructions to the jury; (b) that the verdict of the jury is excessive.

We have carefully examine l 'the instructions submitting the issues of fact between the parties to' the jury, and ibid that all quest1'ons of fact were fully and fairly submitted.

There was evidence on the pa.-t of the plaintiff tending to prove that the two rigs were reasonably worth all the way from $1,200 to $2,000, The evidence was conflicting on the value. A judgment will not be reversed on appeal to this court unless it appears from the evidence that the verdict of the jury was the result of passion or prejudice. Bolen Darnall Coal Co. v. Williams, 7 Ind. Ter. 648, 104 S. W. 867; Waters Pierce Oil Co. v. Deselms, 18 Okla. 107, 89 Pac. 212; Arkansas Valley & W. Ry. Co. v. Witt, 19 Okla. 262, 91 Pac. 897.

There is competent testimony reasonably tending to support the verdict of the jury, and the verdict does not appear to hjave been the result of passion or prejudice. In the trial of a cause to a jury, if there is any testimony that reasonably tends to support the verdict of the jury, it will not be reversed on appeal to this court. Danciger v. Isaacs, 82 Okla. 263, 200 Pac. 164: Lusk v. Bandy, 76 Okla. 108, 184 Pac. 144: Alamo Nat. Bank v. Dawson Produce Co., 78 Okla. 235, 190 Pac. 393; A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. Eldridge, 41 Okla. 463, 139 Pac. 254; A., T. & S. F. Ry. Co. v. St. Louis & S. F. Ry. Co., 41 Okla. 80, 135 Pac. 353, 48 L. R. A. (N. S.) 509.

Therefore it is recommended that this cause be affirmed.

By the Court: It is so ordered.

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1919 OK 132 (Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1919)
Atchison, T. S. F. Ry. v. St. Louis
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1914 OK 75 (Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1914)
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1920 OK 193 (Supreme Court of Oklahoma, 1920)
Bolen-Darnall Coal Co. v. Williams
104 S.W. 867 (Court Of Appeals Of Indian Territory, 1907)

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