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DAVIS v. PULLIUM

No. 43008.

484 P.2d 1306 (1971)

Mary Louise DAVIS, Plaintiff in Error, v. Hunter N. PULLIUM, Defendant in Error.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied May 25, 1971.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Duvall, Head, McKinney & Travis, Oklahoma City, for plaintiff in error.

Greer & Greer, H.W. Conyers, Jr., Tulsa, for defendant in error.

HODGES, Justice.

Is "civil death" a legal defense to a personal injury action?

Title 21 O.S., 1961, Section 66 provides:

"Civil death. "A person sentenced to imprisonment in the state prison for life, is thereby deemed civilly dead."

Plaintiff, a service station employee, alleges that while he was checking the oil in the power steering in the defendant's automobile, the defendant...

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