Don A. Hasse, Administrator of the Estate of Frances Hasse, Deceased v. American Photograph Corporation, a Corporation

LEWIS, Circuit Judge.

This appeal tests the jurisdiction of the trial court over the person of the appellant and requires a determination of whether an amendment to the Oklahoma long-arm statute allowing service of process upon a non-resident, 47 O.S.A. §§ 391-403, has retroactive effect, and, failing an affirmative holding on that issue, whether jurisdiction of the person was obtained in the case by appellant’s claim to affirmative relief lodged against the plaintiff. Rules 12, 13, F.R.Civ.P., 28 U.S.C.A.

The suit originated as a claim for damages for wrongful death brought in the Northern…