Canewood Oil Company v. Cox

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Dietzman

Affirming.

This is the second appeal of this case. The opinion on the first.appeal is reported in 207 Ky. 168, 268 S. W. 1081. It is a suit brought by the appellee against the appellant, the Canewood Oil Company, a partnership composed of Harry B. Clay, L. C. Neal and Frank Thompson, to recover under an. alleged express contract, the terms of which as claimed by the appellee are-' that the appellants were to and did employ him to operate a drilling machine for them in drilling for oil and gas at such points and places as they were to .designate upon the…