Cottrell v. Weinheimer

Appeal from judgment entered upon a jury verdict in favor of the plaintiff in an action to recover payment for the drilling-of a water well.

Murry Cottrell, the original plaintiff, from about 1947 fol*349lowed the occupation of a well driller. Following the filing of this action and on August 3, 1955, he died and his wife as administratrix of his estate was substituted as plaintiff herein. The complaint in this cause was filed on October 5, 1950, and the trial commenced on January 23, 1958. Plaintiff’s widow, having remarried and being now Margaret E. Keegan, testified as to certain preliminary…