Okla. Stat. tit. 12, § 12-178
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Service on some of several defendants
Official statutory text
Where the action is against two or more defendants, and one or
more shall have been served, but not all of them, the plaintiff may
proceed as follows:
First. If the action be against defendants jointly indebted
upon contract, tort, or any other cause of action, he may proceed
against the defendants served, unless the court otherwise direct;
and if he recover judgment, it may be entered against all the
defendants thus jointly indebted, so far only as that it may be
enforced against the joint property of all, and the separate
property of the defendants served; and if they are subject to
arrest, against the persons of the defendants served.
Second. If the action be against defendants severally liable,
he may, without prejudice to his rights against those not served,
proceed against the defendants served in the same manner as if they
were the only defendants.
R.L. 1910, § 4730. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 186, p. 291, § 1.
more shall have been served, but not all of them, the plaintiff may
proceed as follows:
First. If the action be against defendants jointly indebted
upon contract, tort, or any other cause of action, he may proceed
against the defendants served, unless the court otherwise direct;
and if he recover judgment, it may be entered against all the
defendants thus jointly indebted, so far only as that it may be
enforced against the joint property of all, and the separate
property of the defendants served; and if they are subject to
arrest, against the persons of the defendants served.
Second. If the action be against defendants severally liable,
he may, without prejudice to his rights against those not served,
proceed against the defendants served in the same manner as if they
were the only defendants.
R.L. 1910, § 4730. Amended by Laws 1925, c. 186, p. 291, § 1.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
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