WILLBOURN v. CITY OF TULSA

No. 60842.

721 P.2d 803 (1986)

Ray Perry WILLBOURN, Jr., Appellant, v. The CITY OF TULSA, Oklahoma, a municipal corporation; Sgt. C.W. Jordan, an individual; Sgt. Dave Fuller, an individual; Cpl. Mike Huff, an individual; Officer Gary Jones, an individual; Officer Bob Fagin, deceased, an individual, by and through his personal representative, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

July 15, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wesley E. Johnson, Tulsa, for appellant.

David L. Pauling, Tulsa, for appellees.


KAUGER, Justice.

The issues presented are whether a demurrer to the petition of the appellant, Ray Perry Willbourn, Jr., for failure to comply with the Political Subdivision Tort Claims Act, 51 O.S.1981 § 156 (Act) should have been sustained; and whether the trial court was vested with jurisdiction to decide 42 U.S.C. § 1983 actions. We find that Willbourn did not substantially comply with the Act, and that the...

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