Small v. White

Plaintiff in error and defendants in error will be referred to herein as plaintiff and defendants, respectively.

Plaintiff commenced an action in the district court of Beckham county against the defendants to recover the sum of $9,000 alleged to have been deposited with the defendant bank under the terms of an agreement between the plaintiff and defendant White. It was alleged that the contract was in the nature of an escrow, the money to he paid to White by the bank upon his completion of a well for oil and gas to a depth of 3,500 feet. The cause was tried at the August, 1931, term of court,…