Keene v. United States

This action was brought by the owner of a 110 acre farm in Haskell County, Oklahoma, against three corporations and one individual who were jointly engaged in strip coal mining operations on lands adjacent to the plaintiffs property. The plaintiff alleged that the defendants activities created a continuing nuisance and also caused damages from trespass.Damages were sought for injury to plaintiffs real property, improvements and crops; for loss occasioned when the mining activities necessitated an otherwise unplanned sale of livestock; for personal injury consisting of extreme mental anguish, physical discomfort, inconvenience and annoyance; and for loss of the services and companionship of plaintiffs wife and for the necessary expenses of her medical care. The plaintiff also sought punitive damages and a judgment enjoining certain of defendants activities and requiring the abatement of certain conditions.