Okla. Stat. tit. 2, § 2-16-40
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Actions for damages - Pleading and proof of title to
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realty unnecessary – Railroads’ liability for damages by fire.
In any action instituted in any court to recover damages under
the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, it shall not be
necessary for any person, injured by any fire to allege in pleadings
or prove on trial title to the real property over which the fire has
spread, but it shall be sufficient in any action to allege and prove
that the person injured was in the occupancy or possession of any
ranch, buildings, improvements, hay, grass, crops, fencing, timber,
marsh, or other property, claiming the right to and occupying with
cattle any cattle range; it being the purpose and intention of this
code to protect the possession of any person whether the person has
title to the land claimed or occupied or not. Any railroad company
operating any line in this state shall be liable for all damages
sustained by fire originating from operating its road.
In any action instituted in any court to recover damages under
the provisions of the Oklahoma Forestry Code, it shall not be
necessary for any person, injured by any fire to allege in pleadings
or prove on trial title to the real property over which the fire has
spread, but it shall be sufficient in any action to allege and prove
that the person injured was in the occupancy or possession of any
ranch, buildings, improvements, hay, grass, crops, fencing, timber,
marsh, or other property, claiming the right to and occupying with
cattle any cattle range; it being the purpose and intention of this
code to protect the possession of any person whether the person has
title to the land claimed or occupied or not. Any railroad company
operating any line in this state shall be liable for all damages
sustained by fire originating from operating its road.
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