Henry v. Gulf Coast Drilling Co.

Opinion by

CLAY, C.

For convenience the parties hereto will be designated as in the trial court, plaintiff and defendant, respectively. This action was brought by the Gulf Coast Drilling Company, plaintiff, against F. S. Henry, defendant, for certain sums claimed to be due for drilling two wells, furnishing certain material for the same, for the time lost while drilling, agreed to be' paid by plaintiff, and for a certain discount of a note, agreed to be paid by plaintiff. Defendant demurred to plaintiff’s petition, which demurrer was overruled, and, he electing to stand on his demurrer,…