Johnson v. McDonald

*265OPINION

Blume, Chief Justice.

In this case the plaintiffs, defendants in error herein, hereinafter called plaintiffs, brought an action against the defendant, plaintiff in error hereinafter called defendant, alleging that on December 1, 1949, the defen*266dant, in consideration of certain matters, which need not be set out, agreed to drill, on or before March 1, 1951, an oil well on a certain area in the town of Glen-rock, and agreed to put a check for $500 in escrow which was to be delivered to one of the plaintiffs in case the defendant failed to drill the well as agreed. Defendant failed to…