Sun Oil Co. of California v. Union Drilling & Petroleum Co.

The judgment is affirmed. This conclusion clearly results from the following statement of facts taken from the findings of the court and properly supported by the evidence adduced upon the trial:

On February 7, 1924, plaintiff was the owner of well No. 5, located on block 1904 of the Vista Del Mar Tract at Huntington Beach, California. On said date, said well being then 2,914 feet deep, plaintiff in writing engaged defendant to deepen it to “an approximate depth of 3600 feet,” defendant to be paid $40,000 for said work out of fifty per cent of the gross first production from said well after…