No change of any grade previously established by such county shall be made without making due compensation to the record title holders of abutting property for any damage caused by such grade change to the permanent improvements erected on said property with reference to the grade previously established. The failure to make such compensation shall in no way invalidate such assessments on the property chargeable with such assessments as provided in Section 1240 of this title.
Okla. Stat. tit. 19, § 1231