Montgomery v. Gay

HALL, Justice.

Appellee, Otis Gay, sued appellant, Charlotte Montgomery, a feme sole in a District Court of Wichita County, Texas, alleging as a cause of action an open account due him from appellant by reason of an oral contract entered into, wherein appellant was to pay appellee for cleaning out an oil well the sum of $7.00 per hour actual work and $3.50 per hour for shut-down time, said shut-down time not to exceed $28.00 per day; that appellee worked 92 hours on said well, using his equipment and that he had four shut-down days, making a total due him of $761.00 He alleged further that the…