Legal Opinion

Spears v. Preble

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided May 2, 1983No. 54461PublishedCited by 35 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

HODGES, Justice.

This appeal arose as the result of a garnishment proceeding brought by Millard Wayne Spears (Spears), appellant, to collect a $14,530.00 judgment against State Farm Mutual Insurance Company (garnishee), ap-pellee. Judgment was rendered in a reduced amount for $7,700.90. Spears and State Farm each appeal.

On July 26, 1976, Harold Stanley Preble, Jr. (Preble), the natural son of Joyce P. Lambert, borrowed the car owned by his mother and stepfather, Michael Lambert (Lamberts), with the instruction from his stepfather that the car be returned by 11:30 p.m. Preble burglarized a…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Snyder v. NelsonOregon Supreme Court · 1977
  2. Cartwright v. Atlas Chemical Industries, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1981
  3. Electrolytic Chlorine Co. v. Wallace & Tiernan Co.Supreme Court of Missouri · 1931
  4. State Ex Rel. Auchincloss, Parker & Redpath, Inc. v. HarrisSupreme Court of Missouri · 1942
  5. State Ex Rel. Collins v. ParksSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1912

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3Cited by35 opinions

  1. Holbert v. EcheverriaSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
  2. Equity Mutual Insurance Co. v. Spring Valley Wholesale Nursery, Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1987
  3. Stites v. DUIT Const. Co., Inc.Supreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  4. Safeco Insurance Co. of America v. SandersSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
  5. Public Service Co. of Oklahoma v. State Ex Rel. Oklahoma Corp. CommissionSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 2005

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