Browne v. Sabine MacHine & Supply Co.

RENFRO, Justice.

The appellees, Sabine Machine & Supply Company, Halliburton Oil Well Cementing Company and Schlumberger Well Surveying Corporation, brought suit against Calvert Corporation and Homer Erowne, appellant, for materials, supplies and labor furnished defendants for use in equipping and completion of oil wells upon three described tracts of land, alleging that on the dates the indebtednesses were incurred the defendants were mining partners. Defendant Calvert Corporation filed no answer. Defendant Browne, under oath, denied partnership with Calvert and pleaded that Calvert…