Phœnix Oil Co. v. Illinois Torpedo Co.

Appellee brought this suit against appellants. As cause of action, plaintiff alleged:

“That heretofore, to wit, on the 25th day of April, 1920, at the special instance and request of the defendants and particularly at the special instance and request of the defendant Phoenix No. 2 Oil Company, the plaintiff furnished the labor, the material and equipment for, and ‘shot’ a well being drilled by the defendants for the discovery and production of oil and gas in Eastland county, Tex., known as well No. 1 Griffin,' using 140 quarts of nitroglycerin for such ‘shooting,’ at the agreed price, to wit,…