Hatfield v. Tucker

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Harvey, J.:

This is a suit in accounting. J. M. Hatfield and- his son on the one part, and R. C. and Otto Tucker on the other part, were partners engaged in the business of taking mineral leases on land, developing the leases by drilling wells for oil or gas and selling the gas produced. They had several leases, well-drilling tools and machinery, some producing wells and an interest in a pipe line through which the gas was marketed. Some disagreement arose between them and Hatfield and son sued the Tuckers for an accounting and asked for the appointment…