Marion MacHine Foundry & Supply Co. v. Colcord

Appellee, being the owner of a certain oil lease in Ouachita County, and being desirous of having same drilled for oil, entered into a contract with the Alliance Drilling Company for this purpose, in which the erection of a wooden derrick was called for. He decided that lie preferred to have a steel derrick, and the drilling company agreed that, if he would erect the steel derrick and release it from the erection of the wooden derrick, it would abate $650 from the contract price. Appellee then entered into contract with D. D. Nowlin, a derrick contractor, to erect on his lease a steel…