Wheatley v. Benson

In November, 1924, appellant, Wheatley, entered into a contract with appel-lee, Benson, by the terms of which he employed the latter to drill three oil wells in the Mirando field in Webb county, at a stipulated price of $1.75 per lineal foot. Subsequently Benson brought this action against Wheat-ley, alleging that he breached the contract b,y refusing to permit Benson to perform thereunder, thus damaging the latter to the extent of the profit he would have realized in the transaction. Benson recovered judgment for $3,000, in response to jury finding, and Wheatley has appealed.

Appellant…