Trice Production Company v. Dutton Drilling Company

BELL, Chief Justice.

On trial to the court without intervention of a jury, appellee recovered judgment against appellant for $77,042.78, with interest at the rate of 6% per annum from September 20, 1956, plus $10,000 as attorney’s fees.

Suit was by appellee to recover the amounts alleged to be due under a written contract under which appellant had employed appellee to drill an oil or gas well for it in Colorado County. Suit was in the form of a verified account.

The contract provided that appellee should drill the well to a depth of 10,500 feet. Payment was to be made at the rate of $3,60 per…