White v. A. C. Houston Lbr. Co.

This appeal arises from a judgment of the district court of Ellis county, Okla., in favor of laborers and ma-terialmen claiming liens as a result of an unsuccessful attempt to drill an oil well. During the year 1931, W. D. Gladwell gath-’ ered leases upon about 16,000 acres of land in Ellis county and made a deal with one L. C. Hiviek to get a test well drilled somewhere on the block to 6,500 feet. The leases were then placed in escrow with the Shat-tuck National Bank at Shattuck; Okla., together with an incomplete drilling contract signed by Hiviek, and an escrow agreement directing that…