Legal Opinion
Fowler Equipment Co. v. Harry Houston Oil Co.
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided August 12, 1997No. 86975PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUETTNER, Judge.
¶ 1 The issue to be decided is whether an amendment to the Small Claims Procedure Act raising the cap on damages to $4,500.00, applies to a pending case. Because both the alias petition and the counterclaim were filed after the effective date of the amendment, we hold the amendment is applicable.
¶ 2 In September 1995, Fowler Equipment Company (Fowler) filed an action on a debt in the amount of $4,232.72 in the Small Claims Division of the District Court of MeCurtain County. Fowler filed an alias affidavit (petition) November 7, 1995, claiming the same amount of damages.…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Eskridge v. LaddSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Carter v. GullettSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. v. MossSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Fleming v. HallSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
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