Anthis v. Wheeler

MASON, V. C. J.

The defendants in error were plaintiffs and the plaintiffs in error wer'e defendants in the trial court, and will be so referred to herein.

The plaintiffs commenced this action against the defendants to recover $200 'in consideration of the drilling of a test well for oil and gas to the Wilcox sand at a location designated in and under the terms and conditions of a written contract in the form of a letter from the defendants to the plaintiffs, the material parts of which are as follows:

“For the consideration of your drilling a well to the Wilcox sand (unless oil or gas in paying…