C. E. Jacobs Co. v. Lamar H. Moore Drilling Co.

McCLOUD, Chief Justice.

This is a venue case. Lamar H. Moore Drilling Company, Inc., a drilling contractor, sued C. E. Jacobs Company, an oil operator, in Throckmorton County, for breach of a drilling contract and alternatively in quantum meruit. Moore alleged that Jacobs breached the written contract when Jacobs refused to assume the risk of loss or damage to the hole and to Moore’s “in-hole” equipment following an explosion and fire at the well site in Throckmorton County. Moore contends that such breach by Jacobs relieved it of any further obligations under the contract and sought damages…