Legal Opinion

Lawson v. Boston Chrysler, Plymouth & Dodge, Inc.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided March 10, 1981No. 53386PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPALA, Justice.

This appeal — which is laden with fatal postural and jurisdictional infirmities— must be dismissed.

The dispositive issue is whether the decision brought for review — which denies the plaintiff’s (appellant’s) motion to amend her petition by correcting a party’s-defendant misnomer — is appealable under 12 O.S. 1971 §§ 952 or 953 or under 12 O.S.Supp. 1980 § 993. We are constrained to hold that the order under consideration can qualify neither as “final” nor as a reviewable interlocutory disposition.

This was an action for damages claimed to have been sustained while plaintiff was…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. Cartwright v. Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
  2. Lake v. LietchSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1976
  3. Kepler v. StrainSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1978
  4. Centorp Corp. v. Gulf Production Corp.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1938
  5. Hart v. BridgesSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1979

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Eason Oil Co. v. Howard Engineering, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
  2. DLB Energy Corp. v. Oklahoma Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
  3. B&B BUCKLES PROPERTIES v. OIL PRODUCERS INC. OF KANSASCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2021
  4. Ellison v. EllisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996
  5. Ellison v. EllisonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1996

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