Tabler v. Harlin

THOMPSON (R. L.), J.

The complaint in this action is based upon allegations of damages resulting from the breach of a contract to employ five men in the drilling of an oil-well near King City. The complaint contains five counts. It is alleged in the first cause of action that on August 20, 1924, the defendant McCadden employed the plaintiff as an oil driller until the oil-well was completed, for the agreed compensation of $12 per day and $1.50 a day additional in lieu of the cost of board, together with other conditional consideration which is immaterial for the purposes of this appeal; that…