Legal Opinion
Gulf Oil Company v. Woodson
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided December 26, 1972No. 45900PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Justice.
This is an original action wherein we are requested by Gulf Oil Company and Charles Simpson to assume original jurisdiction and prohibit the Honorable Charles Woodson, District Judge in Creek County from exercising jurisdiction in a damage suit upon the ground that Creek County does not have venue. They also ask for a writ of mandamus as hereinafter discussed. Jurisdiction assumed but writs denied.
The facts are that Carolyn Sue Martin, a minor, was injured in Noble County, Oklahoma, in 1960 by Charles Simpson, an employee of Gulf Oil Company. At the time she sustained her…
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