Signal Drilling Co. v. Liberty Petroleum Co.

SAND, Judge.

This case involves the question of whether the appellee, Liberty Petroleum Company (hereinafter Liberty), is liable in the amount of $11,043.33 owing to the appellant, Signal Drilling Company, Inc. (hereinafter Signal), for costs incurred by Signal in drilling an oil well in Slope County.

Signal filed suit in the district court of Burleigh County against Liberty, Nevada Empire Corporation, D. G. Hamilton, Sam Day, and Denyse R. Liberty, alleging that each of said defendants was obligated for the amount owing to plaintiff because the relationship of mutual agency existed between all…