Meyer v. Schmidt

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Jackson, J.:

These are two appeals from one case in the court below.

The proceeding in district court involved the settlement of the claims and mechanics’ liens growing out of the drilling of an oil well — an oil well which came in as a dry hole.

The well was begun by defendant Richard B. Schmidt, but he stopped his work and joined the armed forces before the well was completed. There were some eighteen other persons who owned interests in the well besides Schmidt. These “interest holders” completed drilling the well after Schmidt ceased work.

The…