Stamper, Otis & Burrage v. Shaffer

I must respectfully dissent. In State ex rel. Medlin v. Ferris, 405 P.2d 156 (Okl.1965), this Court examined a number of decisions wherein exemption from service of summons was granted, and after review of those decisions, we held:

“The common factor in all of these cases is that the attendance of the persons was at or connected with a trial or hearing of a judicial or quasi-judicial nature.... It is also apparent that the person’s attendance at the trial, hearing or proceeding, was connected with the determination of the issues therein.”

Attendance by an officer of the Oklahoma Bar Association…