STATE EX REL. CARTWRIGHT v. TIDMORE

No. 59372.

674 P.2d 14 (1983)

STATE of Oklahoma ex rel. Jan Eric CARTWRIGHT, Oklahoma Attorney General, Appellant, v. Don TIDMORE, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

December 12, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael C. Turpen, Atty. Gen., James B. Franks, Victor N. Bird, Asst. Attys. Gen., Oklahoma City, for appellant.

J.M. Insabella, Tulsa, for appellee.


ALMA D. WILSON, Justice.

The dispositive issue on appeal is whether limitation of actions bars a civil suit brought by the State suing in its sovereign capacity. We reaffirm earlier and controlling decisional law, discussed infra, and hold that where the State is suing to vindicate legal rights which are public in nature, rather than private, suit is not barred by limitation of actions.

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