Byrd & Foster Drilling, Inc. v. Centennial Royalty Co.

OPINION

WARD, Justice.

This appeal is from the granting of a summary judgment in a contract dispute. The principal defendant below, Centennial Royalty Company, was previously unsuccessful in changing the venue of the case. Centennial Royalty Company v. Byrd & Foster Drilling, Inc., 464 S.W.2d 420 (Tex.Civ.App.—El Paso 1971, no writ). It has now been successful in its presentment of motion for summary judgment on the basis that the appellee had fully performed all of its contractual obligations to the appellant when it paid one-half of the contract costs of certain drilling operations. The…