Henry Oil Co. v. Head
Court of Appeals of Texas
Appeal from District Court, Wichita County; P. A. Martin, Judge. Action by J. E. Head against the Henry Oil Company. Judgment for plaintiff, and defendant appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtSpeer, J.
J. E. Head sued the Henry Oil Company to recover damages for breach of a contract to dig a certain oil well, and from a judgment in his favor, the defendant company has appealed.
Head, the appellee, owned a great many thousand acres of oil leases in Archer county, leased from Henry J. Scott and others, and conveyed a portion of his holdings to the Henry Oil Company in consideration that that company would sink a well to a depth of 1,200 feet, or to oil or gas in paying quantities, said contract containing other stipulations not necessary to notice in this statement The facts attending the…
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