Legal Opinion
Stine Oil & Gas Co. v. English
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided February 26, 1916No. 8333PublishedCited by 9 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Clay County; J. W. Akin, Judge. Action by H. W. English against the Stine Oil & Gas Company. From a judgment for plaintiff, defendant appeals, and plaintiff cross-appeals.
1Opinion of the Court
The Stine Oil Gas Company employed H. W. English to drill a well on a tract of land in Clay county, for the purpose of obtaining oil and petroleum therefrom. The contract of employment was in writing, in which the Oil Company was designated as the party of the first part and English as the party of the second part, and is as follows:
"I. Party of the second part hereby agreed to drill a well for the party of the first part for the purpose of obtaining therefrom oil and petroleum; said well to be sunk on a forty-acre tract of land in Clay county, Texas, near Petrolia, and consisting of lots 3…
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