AM. FIRST ABSTRACT v. WESTERN INFO. SYS.

No. 63142.

735 P.2d 1187 (1987)

AMERICAN FIRST ABSTRACT COMPANY, Cleveland County Abstract Company, and Southwest Title and Trust Company, Appellants/Cross-Appellees, v. WESTERN INFORMATION SYSTEMS, INC., a corp.; Oklahoma Information Systems, a lim. ptnshp.; Billie Jean Gatewood, County Clerk of Cleveland County; and Board of County Commissioners of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, Appellees/Cross-Appellants.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

April 14, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H.L. Heiple, Heiple Law Offices, Inc., John M. Lutrell, Lutrell, Pendarvis and Rawlinson, Ben Benedum, Benedum, Benedum and Barr, Norman, for appellants/cross-appellees.

John L. Arrington, Jr., David E. Crawford, Judy L. Johnston, Huffman, Arrington, Kihle, Gaberino & Dunn, Tulsa, for appellees/cross-appellants.


SIMMS, Justice:

Appellants, plaintiffs below, were licensed abstracters in Cleveland County. They sought to enjoin defendants from copying documents affecting title to real estate which were filed with the Cleveland County Clerk. The injunctive action was predicated on the theory that defendants/appellees were attempting to engage in the business of abstracting without fulfilling the requirements of a bond and an independent...

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