Cockburn Oil Corp. v. Newman

COLLINGS, Justice.

This suit was brought in Coleman County, Texas, by appellee H. O. Newman, against appellant Cockburn Oil Corporation, and L. P. Bardin. Both of such defendants were alleged to reside in Harris County, Texas. The basis of the suit was a written contract between appellee Newman and L. P. Bardin for the drilling of an oil well in Coryell County, Texas, which eo-ntract provided that all sums due and payable thereunder were payable at the Coleman County State Bank in Coleman, Texas. It was alleged that while the written contract was in the name of L. P. Bar-din, it was made by…