Garrett v. Levitz Furniture Corporation

ORDER

DAUGHERTY, District Judge.

Defendant objects to the jurisdiction in this Court for the reason Defendant is neither doing business in Oklahoma nor otherwise found in the state. Plaintiff contends Defendant is present and doing business in the state in the form of its alter ego, Levitz Furniture Company of Oklahoma, Inc.

If jurisdiction exists in this Court, it must be found in the authority of the pertinent Oklahoma statutes. Perkins v. Benguet Consol. Min. Co., 342 U.S. 437, 72 S.Ct. 413, 96 L.Ed. 485 (1952). Oklahoma has three statutory provisions which provide for jurisdiction for…