Tedford v. Divine

734 P.2d 283 (1987)

Teddy Lee TEDFORD, Appellant,

v.

Howard DIVINE, Appellee.

No. 64106.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 3, 1987.

David A. Cotter, Broken Arrow, for appellant.

Best, Sharp, Thomas, Glass & Atkinson by Joseph A. Sharp and Lynn A. Summers, Tulsa, for appellee.

HODGES, Justice.

Teddy Lee Tedford (appellant/plaintiff) filed an action against Howard Divine (appellee/defendant) for damages sustained during an automobile accident allegedly caused by appellee's cows. Although a summons was personally served, appellee failed to answer the complaint within the statutory time period. On January…