Riddle v. Lanier

SPEER, Justice.

Plaintiff, C. C. Lanier, sued A. J. Riddle, in the District Court of Cooke County, for damages for the breach of a contract to drill a well, in prospect for oil and gas, on a 60 acre tract of land embraced in a block alleged to contain anywhere from 2,300 to 3,000 acres, the exact number of acres not being material to this appeal.

Allegations were made that plaintiff had procured leases from land owners and contracted with them to drill a well somewhere within the block; that plaintiff then contracted with defendant to drill the well on a certain 60 acre tract, known to the…