DAVID v. PENNWALT CORP.

No. 52109.

592 P.2d 980 (1979)

Paul M. DAVID, Petitioner, v. PENNWALT CORPORATION, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

March 27, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

T.H. Eskridge, of Boesche, McDermott & Eskridge, Tulsa, for petitioner.

Robert H. Taylor, Richard D. Gibbon, Brad Smith, Tulsa, for respondent.

G. Michael Lewis, Kevin C. Coutant, Tulsa, for Union Mechling Corp.


OPALA, Justice:

Closing of court clerk's office at 12:00 o'clock noon on the terminal day of limitations period prevented plaintiff [respondent] from bringing his action within the statutory time. Instead, plaintiff commenced the suit the following day. Defendant [petitioner] demurred to the petition interposing the bar of limitations. Trial court overruled demurrer and certified the statute-of-limitations issue for our immediate...

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