Smith Bros. Drilling Co. v. Klintworth

This is an appeal from an adverse judgment in an action wherein plaintiff in error was plaintiff below. The parties will be referred to in the same relation as in the trial court.

Plaintiff is a copartnership composed of N. T. Smith and W. P. Smith, engaged in the business of drilling wells for oil and gas. Plaintiff drilled a well for Donmar Oil Corporation on a tract of land in Seminole county, leased by Donmar Oil Corporation under a contract to drill to the Wilcox sand. Plaintiff was to receive $8,000 in cash and a $10,000 payment in oil to be produced from the well, and off-set acreage.…