Key v. Kingwood Oil Co.

Opinion by

ESTES, C.

Parties will be referred to in the order of their appearance in the trial court. Kingwood Oil Company sued Key and others, copartners, for a balance of $1,675 for natural gas furnished defendants for the drilling of their oil well. Defendants entered a general denial and alleged the agreement of plaintiff to furnish the gas at $25 per day; that plaintiff had breached such contract by demanding $30 per day, and shutting off the supply at a time when defendants were about to bring in their well, because defendants would not pay same; that defendants were thereby compelled to…