Golston v. Bartlett

As concerns this appeal, appellee, G. F. Bartlett, sued appellants, D. B. Dozier and Roy D. Golston, for $12,000, alleged to be the reasonable cost of drilling an oil or gas well on land described as the Campbell lease; and for cancellation of an assignment of an undivided one-half interest in the lease, executed in consideration of drilling the well. Dozier and Golston each filed a disclaimer of any interest in the lease; and the court decreed it to be the property of appellee. The jury found that $10,000 would have been the reasonable cost of drilling the well, and judgment was rendered for…