Legal Opinion
Ely v. Bowman
Court of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma
Decided July 9, 1996No. 86227PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUETTNER, Judge:
Marjorie Ely (Ely) claimed in her April 18, 1989 petition filed in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, that she owned real property in that county, the title to which Appellant Lex Bowman (Bowman) had slandered by filing a notice of pending litigation in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, based on a lawsuit he filed in Taney County, Missouri, December 2, 1988.1 The elements a plaintiff must prove in a slander of title action are (1) a publication; (2) a false statement in the publication; (3) malice in the publication; (4) special damage by reason of the publication; and (5) ownership or…
2Cases cited15 opinions
- Cacy v. CacySupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1980
- Peyton v. McCaslinSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1966
- Mills v. MillsSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1973
- Maroney v. TannehillSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1923
- Bankoff v. Board of AdjustmentSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994
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3Cited by2 opinions
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- Mashburn v. ArzateUnited States Bankruptcy Court, W.D. Oklahoma · 2019