Westbrook v. Watts

TIREY, Justice.

Plaintiff brought this suit to recover the balance due upon a written contract for the drilling of an oil well and other obligations due him in connection with the completion of the contract. He. itemized and verified his claim according to Rule 185, Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, as amended. The jury in its verdict found that the surface casing furnished by defendants for the first well was defective and that it was a proximate cause of the loss of the hole, and that plaintiff’s employees ran the first string of surface casing in the well in a good and workmanlike manner. The…