Book v. Schoonmaker

HAMITER, Justice.

A written contract was entered into on April 27, 1944, by and between F. A. Book and G. C. James of ElDorado, Arkansas, on the one hand (referred to as contractor), and G. C. Schoonmaker of Evansville, Indiana, on the other hand (referred to as owner), by the terms of which the contractor agreed to drill for the owner a well in search of oil or gas at a selected location in DeSoto PaTish.

The contractor undertook to furnish “everything necessary, including all labor, water and supplies except services specifically hereinafter to be furnished by the owner.” Among the excepted…