Dixon v. Dalton

McNEILL. J.

This is an appeal from a judgment rendered hy the district court of Marshall county. The parties will he re ferred to as they appeared below. The plaintiff, B. F. Dalton, instituted an action against the defendant, J. D. Dixon, for recovery of damages for breach of a certain written contract entered into 'between said parties. The contract provided that plaintiff was to obtain a block of 1,500 acres of oil and gas leases for defendant in a certain specified area in said county, and that defendant would drill a well on said block of leases to a total depth of 2,500 feet, unless oil…