TRITON INSURANCE COMPANY v. STEPHENSON

No. 43993.

516 P.2d 1338 (1973)

TRITON INSURANCE COMPANY, an Oklahoma Insurance Corporation, Appellant, v. Omer G. STEPHENSON and Stephenson, Lynch, Finley & Flow, Appellees.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

Rehearing Denied September 18, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Crowe, Dunlevy, Thweatt, Swinford, Johnson & Burdick, by Ben L. Burdick, Clyde A. Muchmore, Oklahoma City, for appellant.

William G. Smith, Robert J. Petrick, of Fenton, Fenton, Smith, Reneau & Moon, Oklahoma City, and Benjamin E. Stockwell, Norman, for appellees.


HODGES, Justice.

This case presents to the Court for the first time the question of whether joinder of out-of county residents without their consent as third-party defendants in an action for declaratory judgment, is authorized by 12 O.S. 1971 § 323.

An action for declaratory judgment was filed by Norman Finance & Thrift Company (Norman Finance) against Triton Insurance Company (Triton) in Oklahoma County...

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