Mary Ruth Moore v. William Bell Dunham, (Two Cases)

MURRAH, Circuit Judge.

This is a consolidated appeal from the Eastern District of Oklahoma from judgments dismissing one wrongful death action for defective service of process under the Nonresident Motorist Act of Oklahoma, 47 O.S.A. § 391 et seq., and another such action because of the bar of the statute of limitations.

Oklahoma's Nonresident Motorist Act provides for the service of summons on a nonresident motorist defendant by serving a copy of the original summons or notice of suit with the Secretary of State, 47 O.S.A. § 394(a), and by mailing notification of suit to the defendant by…