Herde v. Estate of Williams

AVlule there was a trial upon disputed questions of fact, the findings of the court are amply supported by the evidence. We shall therefore state the facts as found by the court s6 far as it is necessary to disclose the question decided.

L. J. Herde, the claimant, is a well driller by occupation. About October 1, 1931, at the request of Henry Mundschau, Herde commenced the drilling of a deep well on the Mund-schau farm, upon which John W. Williams then had a mortgage amounting fi> $8,395. This was the last of a series of mortgages and was past due, After working two or three days the claimant…