Melson v. Turner

Begley, District Judge.

This is an action wherein the plaintiff below, a well contractor, sued the defendant to recover for drilling and equipping a two-inch tubular well on the farm of Mrs. H. F. Vosper, near Denton, in Lancaster county, Nebraska, on a contract between the plaintiff and the defendant. The jury returned a verdict for the plaintiff for $216.45, and the defendant has appealed. The plaintiff alleged that he entered into a contract with the defendant as follows:

“I hereby agree to drill a 2-inch well on the farm of Mrs. H. F. Vosper (R. M. Turner, agent), furnishing and using the…