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Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 162 (2026)

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A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed, or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, according to the law and usage of the place where it is made. R.L.1910, § 956. d

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Cited in 37 cases (15 in the last 5 years), 1985–2026 · leading case: Harvell v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 2006 OK 24 (Okla. 2007).
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Harvell v. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co., 2006 OK 24 (Okla. 2007). · cites it 7× “"A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed, or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, according to the law and usage of the place where it is made.”
Jeanne Armsted Rhody & Donnell Rhody v. State Farm Mut. Ins. Co., 771 F.2d 1416 (10th Cir. 1985). · cites it 5× “In addition, State Farm argues that this rule is also embodied in Okla.Stat. tit. 15, § 162 (1971), which states: A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, according…”
Dental Dynamics v. Jolly Dental Grp., 946 F.3d 1223 (10th Cir. 2020). “” Okla. Stat. tit. 15 § 162. With respect to performance, the bill of sale requires certain elements including “disassembly, packaging, and shipment” to occur in Arkansas.”
Bernal v. Charter Cnty. Mut. Ins. Co., 2009 OK 28 (Okla. 2009). · cites it 2× “This state's established general choice-of-law rule for contract actions is bottomed on the terms of 15 O.S. § 162. 22 According to its provisions, the rule of lex loct solutionis-the law where the relevant contract performance occurs-is to be applied.”
Cudd Pressure Control, Inc. v. New Hampshire Ins., 645 F. App'x 733 (10th Cir. 2016). · cites it 2× “” Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 162 . The Oklahoma Supreme Court has announced a strong preference in Oklahoma law for applying the law of the place of performance.”
Panama Processes, S.A. v. Cities Serv. Co., 796 P.2d 276 (Okla. 1990). “15 O.S.1981 § 162. The terms of § 162 provide: “A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed, or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, ac- .”
Bohannan v. Allstate Ins. Co., 820 P.2d 787 (Okla. 1991). “Title 15 O.S.1981, § 162, states: “A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be performed, or, if it does not indicate a place of performance, according to the law of the place it was made.”
Oxley v. Gen. Atl. Resources, Inc., 936 P.2d 943 (Okla. 1997). “Dobie Langen-kamp, who stated that in the election of a successor operator, once a party has received the majority of the votes, then that party immediately becomes the duly elected operator until resignation or removal under the terms of the JOA.”
Gamble, Simmons & Co. v. Kerr-Mcgee Corp., 175 F.3d 762 (10th Cir. 1999). “1991); see also Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 162 . In this diversity action the law of Oklahoma controls our inquiry.”
Harrell v. Samson Resources Co., 1998 OK 69 (Okla. 1998). “15 O.S.1991 § 162. This would especially be true when construing the JOA in the present case, which is based upon a standard form in use in the oil and gas industry since 1956.”
Satterfield v. Gov't Emps. Ins. Co., 287 F. Supp. 3d 1285 (W.D. Okla. 2018). “Although Satterfield has argued that the laws of the State of Virginia differ in some respects from the laws of the State of Oklahoma, the issue of the applicable state law has not yet been resolved and Satterfield has advanced no argument that a court in another forum could not…”
Brent Elec. Co. v. Int'l Bhd. of Elec. Workers, 110 F.4th 1196 (10th Cir. 2024). “See Okla. Stat. Ann. tit. 15, § 162 (“A contract is to be interpreted according to the law and usage of the place where it is to be 9 The Court qualified this rule by noting that “Courts should not assume that the parties agreed to arbitrate arbitrability unless there is…”
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