Bellows v. Compton

BRIGHTMIRE, Presiding Judge.

These companion replevin actions present a common dispositive legal issue and are therefore consolidated for the purpose of review. The trial court dismissed them because he was of the opinion that the statute of limitations had run. We reverse.

I

The relevant facts are these. When Charles Bellows was arrested in Blaine County, Oklahoma for commission of “certain crimes” the sheriff confiscated several guns he had in his possession. A month later, February 24, 1974, the accused pleaded guilty to the charges filed against him thereby eliminating the state’s further…