Lange Cable Tool Drilling Co. v. Barnett Petroleum Corp.

MONTEITH, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal in an action brought by appellant, Lange Cable Tool Drilling Company, against appellee, Barnett Petroleum Corporation, to recover for labor performed and services rendered in drilling out a plug in an oil well owned by appellee in Upshur County, Texas, and to establish and foreclose an alleged lien against the property on which the well was located.

The action was originally brought against appellee and Phillips-Packer Company but was dismissed by appellant as to Phillips-Packer Company when the case was called for trial.

Appellant alleged that it had…